The impact of lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic on osteoporotic fragility fractures: an observational study.

ABSTRACT: We investigated whether osteoporotic fractures declined during lockdown, among adults aged 50 years and older. We showed that fewer outpatients attended the Fracture Clinic, for non-hip fractures, during lockdown; in contrast, no change in admissions for hip fractures was observed. This could be due to fewer outdoors falls, during lockdown.

Purpose

Many countries implemented a lockdown to control the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. We explored whether outpatient attendances to the Fracture Clinic for non-hip fragility fracture and inpatient admissions for hip fracture declined during lockdown, among adults aged 50 years and older, in a large secondary care hospital.

Methods

In our observational study, we analysed the records of 6681 outpatients attending the Fracture Clinic,

SUBMITTER: Ogliari G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7539555 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature