Clinical Management of Women with Newly Diagnosed Osteoporosis: Data from Everyday Practice in Bulgaria.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The real duration of osteoporosis treatment in clinical practice is still not well described. The primary objective is to estimate the proportion of patients who stayed on treatment during a 4-year follow-up, and the secondary objective is to estimate the proportion of patients who switched treatment and the reasons for switch or discontinuation.

Methods

This was a national retrospective chart review, based on routine clinical data. Data were collected electronically from medical records in 33 representative primary care physicians' sites. Inclusion criteria were women with postmenopausal osteoporosis that have received initial treatment prescription following diagnosis by DXA between January 1, 2012 and December 31, 2014, and at least a 12-month database histor

SUBMITTER: Boyanov MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8420150 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature