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Characterization of fracture liaison service non-responders after invitation by home visits and questionnaires
This study aimed to gain insight in specific characteristics and beliefs of FLS non-responders.
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Challenges and opportunities to improve fracture liaison service attendance: fracture registration and patient characteristics and motivations
This questionnaire-based study evaluated the reasons for attendance or non-attendance at the fracture liaison service in patients with a recent fracture. Frailty, male sex, living alone, and low education were...
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A dedicated Fracture Liaison Service telephone program and use of bone turnover markers for evaluating 1-year persistence with oral bisphosphonates
Telephone call intervention did not improve alendronate persistence in Fracture Liaison Service (FLS) patients in this study. A bone turnover marker cut-off point for alendronate persistence is proposed for in...
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Open AccessComorbidities and medication use in patients with a recent clinical fracture at the Fracture Liaison Service
In this cross-sectional study, two-thirds of Fracture Liaison Service (FLS) patients had comorbidities and medications associated with increased bone- or fall-related fracture risk. Bone-related and fall-relat...
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Meeting international standards of secondary fracture prevention: a survey on Fracture Liaison Services in the Netherlands
The Fracture Liaison Service (FLS) is advocated to be effective for the prevention of secondary fractures, but implementation is variable. A questionnaire based on the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IO...
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Optimizing fracture prevention: the fracture liaison service, an observational study
The response rate to the invitation to the fracture liaison service and reasons for non-response were evaluated in 2,207 fragility fracture patients. Fifty-one percent responded; non-responders were most often...
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Open AccessImplementation of osteoporosis guidelines: a survey of five large fracture liaison services in the Netherlands
Implementation of case findings according to guidelines for osteoporosis in fracture patients presenting at a Fracture Liaison Service (FLS) was evaluated. Despite one guideline, all FLSs differed in the perfo...
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Open AccessAdherence and profile of non-persistence in patients treated for osteoporosis—a large-scale, long-term retrospective study in The Netherlands
We analyzed 12-month compliance for all ten oral osteoporosis drugs in the Netherlands by medication possession ratio (MPR ≥ 80%) in 105,506 patients, and persistence in 8,626 starters indicated high MPR (91%)...
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Open AccessRisk of subsequent fracture and mortality within 5 years after a non-vertebral fracture
The absolute 5-year risk of subsequent non-vertebral fractures (NVFs) in 1,921 patients presenting with a NVF was 17.6% and of mortality was 32.3%. These risks were highest within the first year, indicating th...
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Spine radiographs to improve the identification of women at high risk for fractures
In women older than 60 years with clinical risk factors for osteoporosis but without osteoporosis based on bone mineral density (T-score ≥ −2.5), a systematic survey with X-rays of the spine identified previously...
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Risk Factors for Osteoporosis Related to their Outcome: Fractures
The aim of the study was to determine to what extent easy obtainable bone mineral density (BMD)-related risk factors are associated with the occurrence of fractures and to what extent changes in these determi...
