Screening to prevent fragility fractures among adults 40 years and older in primary care: protocol for a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To inform recommendations by the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care by systematically reviewing direct evidence on the effectiveness and acceptability of screening adults 40 years and older in primary care to reduce fragility fractures and related mortality and morbidity, and indirect evidence on the accuracy of fracture risk prediction tools. Evidence on the benefits and harms of pharmacological treatment will be reviewed, if needed to meaningfully influence the Task Force's decision-making.

Methods

A modified update of an existing systematic review will evaluate screening effectiveness, the accuracy of screening tools, and treatment benefits. For treatment harms, we will integrate studies from existing systematic reviews. A de novo review on acceptabilit

SUBMITTER: Gates M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6706906 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature