Applicability of Vfrac in men: a qualitative study of an osteoporotic vertebral fracture screening tool for use in older people with back pain.

ABSTRACT: The Vfrac clinical screening tool was developed to help primary care healthcare practitioners decide if an older woman with back pain is at high risk of a vertebral fragility fracture (VFF) and requires a spinal radiograph to confirm diagnosis. The Vfrac tool developmental work was carried out in women because of the higher background prevalence of VFF. We now wish to assess Vfrac in men.

Purpose

To understand and characterise pain symptoms of men with VFF, to evaluate the wording of the Vfrac tool from men's perspective, and to establish if a gender-specific version of the Vfrac tool was needed.

Methods

Individual interviews were conducted with 15 men using an interview topic guide based on the original Vfrac topic guide with the addition of a 'think aloud' section to discus

SUBMITTER: Barker KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11576809 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature