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Incident Fragility Fractures Have a Long‐Term Negative Impact on Health‐Related Quality of Life of Older People: The Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study

Abstract

Although the short-term impact of incident fragility fractures on health-related quality of life (HRQL) of older people has been confirmed, we lack long-term evidence. We explored the impact of incident fragility fractures on HRQL, among people aged 50 years and older, using 10-year prospective data from the Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study (CaMos). This study was based on data from 7753 (2187 men and 5566 women) participants of CaMos. …

Authors

Borhan S; Papaioannou A; Gajic‐Veljanoski O; Kennedy C; Ioannidis G; Berger C; Goltzman D; Josse R; Kovacs CS; Hanley DA

Journal

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, Vol. 34, No. 5, pp. 838–848

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Publication Date

May 1, 2019

DOI

10.1002/jbmr.3666

ISSN

0884-0431