Quality of life issues in women with vertebral fractures due to osteoporosis Journal Articles

abstract

• AbstractObjective. To learn about the physical, emotional, and social limitations experienced by postmenopausal women who have back pain due to vertebral fractures resulting from osteoporosis.Methods. We conducted a cross‐sectional survey of female patients with persistent pain due to vertebral fractures.Results. Respondents had a mean (±SD) bone density of 0.87 ± 0.13 gm/cm2 and a mean (±SD) of 2.48 ± 2.18 fractures. Disability was identified in pain, movement, activities of daily living, and emotion. There was a poor correlation between quality of life and findings on radiography or densitometry.Conclusion. To evaluate the effects of osteoporosis on a patient's functional status, direct questioning is required.

authors

• Juniper, Elizabeth
• Cook, Deborah
• Guyatt, Gordon
• Adachi, Jonathan Derrick
• Clifton, Joanne
• Griffith, Lauren E
• Epstein, Robert S
• Juneper, Elizabeth F

status

• published 

publication date

• June 1993

has subject area

• 1103 Clinical Sciences (FoR)
• 1107 Immunology (FoR)
• 1117 Public Health and Health Services (FoR)
• Aged (MeSH)
• Aged, 80 and over (MeSH)
• Arthritis & Rheumatology (Science Metrix)
• Bone Density (MeSH)
• Emotions (MeSH)
• Female (MeSH)
• Fractures, Spontaneous (MeSH)
• Humans (MeSH)
• Lumbar Vertebrae (MeSH)
• Middle Aged (MeSH)
• Osteoporosis (MeSH)
• Quality of Life (MeSH)
• Spinal Injuries (MeSH)
• Thoracic Vertebrae (MeSH)
• Women's Health (MeSH)

published in

• Arthritis and Rheumatism  Journal

keywords

• Aged
• Aged, 80 and over
• Bone Density
• Emotions
• Female
• Fractures, Spontaneous
• Humans
• Lumbar Vertebrae
• Middle Aged
• Osteoporosis
• Quality of Life
• Spinal Injuries
• Thoracic Vertebrae
• Women's Health

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1002/art.1780360603

PubMed ID

• 8507215

start page

• 750

end page

• 756

volume

• 36

issue

• 6