Barriers to Effective Postmenopausal Osteoporosis Treatment: A Qualitative Study of Patients' and Practitioners' Views.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Only a minority of patients at high risk for osteoporotic fracture receive treatment.

Objective

Study patients' and physicians' views regarding postmenopausal osteoporosis (PMO) to identify impediments to good care.

Methods

A qualitative study involving 18 physicians and 37 women (age 57-87) with PMO.

Results

All women interviewed considered PMO to be somewhat normal wear-and-tear associated with old age. The women identified a large number of "causes" for osteoporosis but finally viewed it as chance. They all described its progression as slow. Three representations of PMO severity were identified: some women tended to interpreted it as benign (21), others tended to dramatize it (11), and the rest were uncertain (5). These representations did not app

SUBMITTER: Alami S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4927112 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature