Understanding fragility fracture patients’ decision-making process regarding bisphosphonate treatment
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- 作者：L. A. Wozniak ; J. A. Johnson ; F. A. McAlister ; L. A. Beaupre…
- 关键词：Adherence ; Fragility fractures ; Grounded theory ; Osteoporosis ; Persistence ; Treatment
- 刊名：Osteoporosis International
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：January 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：28
- 期：1
- 页码：219-229
- 全文大小：474KB
- 刊物类别：Medicine
- 刊物主题：Orthopedics; Endocrinology; Rheumatology;
- 出版者：Springer London
- ISSN：1433-2965
- 卷排序：28
文摘
SummaryWe aimed to understand how patients 50 years and older decided to persist with or stop osteoporosis (OP) treatment. Processes related to persisting with or stopping OP treatments are complex and dynamic. The severity and risks and harms related to untreated clinical OP and the favorable benefit-to-risk profile for OP treatments should be reinforced.