Use of path modeling to inform a clinical decision support application to encourage osteoporosis medication use.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Osteoporosis medication use is suboptimal. Simple interventions personalized to a patients' stage of readiness are needed to encourage osteoporosis medication use.

Objectives

To estimate interrelationships of sociodemographic factors, perceived fracture risk, health literacy, receipt of medication information, medication trust and readiness to use osteoporosis medication; and apply observed relationships to inform design specifications for a clinical decision support application that can be used for personalized patient counseling.

Methods

Data from a national sample of older women (n = 1759) with self-reported history of fractures and no current use of osteoporosis medication treatment were used to estimate an acceptable path model that describes associati

SUBMITTER: Miller MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9261504 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature