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Research Studies is a compilation of published research articles funded by AHRQ or authored by AHRQ researchers.
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1 to 10 of 10 Research Studies DisplayedAdami G, Saag KG, Mudano G, Saag KG, Mudano AS
Factors associated with the contemplative stage of readiness to initiate osteoporosis treatment.
Osteoporos Int 2020 Jul;31(7):1283-90. doi: 10.1007/s00198-020-05312-4.
AHRQ-funded; HS023009.
Citation: Adami G, Saag KG, Mudano G, Saag KG, Mudano AS .
Factors associated with the contemplative stage of readiness to initiate osteoporosis treatment.
Osteoporos Int 2020 Jul;31(7):1283-90. doi: 10.1007/s00198-020-05312-4..
Keywords: Osteoporosis, Women, Decision Making
Chovatiya R, Silverberg JI
Association of pemphigus and pemphigoid with osteoporosis and pathological fractures.
Researchers sought to determine whether pemphigus and bullous pemphigoid (BP) are associated with osteoporosis and fractures in the US. Subjects for this cross-sectional study included adults with pemphigus or with BP from the 2006-2012 National Emergency Department Sample. The researchers found that, when compared to BP, pemphigus was associated with higher odds of osteopenia, osteoporosis, and fractures, particularly of the ulna and radius. Patients with pemphigus or BP as well as long-term systemic corticosteroid use had the highest odds of osteoporosis and fractures. The researchers suggested that patients with these conditions may benefit from increased screening for osteoporosis and interventions to prevent fractures.
AHRQ-funded; HS023011.
Citation: Chovatiya R, Silverberg JI .
Association of pemphigus and pemphigoid with osteoporosis and pathological fractures.
Arch Dermatol Res 2020 May;312(4):263-71. doi: 10.1007/s00403-019-02010-y..
Keywords: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Osteoporosis, Injuries and Wounds, Emergency Department
Lopez-Olivo MA, des Bordes JKA, Lin H
Comparison of multimedia and printed patient education tools for patients with osteoporosis: a 6-month randomized controlled trial.
Researchers compared the efficacy of adding a multimedia patient education tool involving video modeling to a printed educational booklet on osteoporosis. Participants in the randomized controlled trial were post-menopausal women with osteoporosis. The researchers found that both multimedia and printed tools increased knowledge and decreased decisional conflict to the same extent, and neither of the educational materials proved to be better than the other. For women with limited health literacy, receiving the booklet alone was more effective in reducing decisional conflict after 6 months than the addition of the multimedia tool.
AHRQ-funded; HS019354.
Citation: Lopez-Olivo MA, des Bordes JKA, Lin H .
Comparison of multimedia and printed patient education tools for patients with osteoporosis: a 6-month randomized controlled trial.
Osteoporos Int 2020 May;31(5):857-66. doi: 10.1007/s00198-019-05210-4..
Keywords: Education: Patient and Caregiver, Osteoporosis, Chronic Conditions, Women
Shaheen MS, Silverberg JI
Association of asthma with osteopenia, osteoporosis, osteomalacia, and fractures.
Previous studies that examined the relationship between asthma, osteoporosis, and pathologic fractures found conflicting results. The objective of this study was to determine whether asthma was associated with osteopenia, osteoporosis, osteomalacia, and fractures in U.S. adults. The investigators concluded that ED visits with asthma were associated with osteopenia, osteoporosis, osteomalacia, and pathologic fractures.
Citation: Shaheen MS, Silverberg JI .
Association of asthma with osteopenia, osteoporosis, osteomalacia, and fractures.
Allergy Asthma Proc 2020 Mar 1;41(2):112-19. doi: 10.2500/aap.2020.41.190035.
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Keywords: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Osteoporosis, Injuries and Wounds, Emergency Department
Garcia I, Chiodo V, Ma Y
Evidence of altered matrix composition in iliac crest biopsies from patients with idiopathic juvenile osteoporosis.
The goal of this study is to describe idiopathic juvenile osteoporosis (IJO)bone composition. It concluded that IJO bone, similar to post-menopausal osteoporosis (PMO) bone, had elevated collagen maturity relative to its age-matched controls. This emphasizes the importance of the collagen matrix for bone health. IJO bone differed from PMO bone as IJO bone contains more recently formed mineral than age-matched controls.
AHRQ-funded; HS021734.
Citation: Garcia I, Chiodo V, Ma Y .
Evidence of altered matrix composition in iliac crest biopsies from patients with idiopathic juvenile osteoporosis.
Connect Tissue Res 2016;57(1):28-37. doi: 10.3109/03008207.2015.1088531.
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Keywords: Osteoporosis, Children/Adolescents, Children/Adolescents
Cram P, Wolinsky FD, Lou Y
Patient-activation and guideline-concordant pharmacological treatment after bone density testing: the PAADRN randomized controlled trial.
In a clinical trial of 7749 patients, the researchers tested whether usual care augmented by a tailored patient-activation DXA result letter accompanied by an educational brochure would improve guideline-concordant pharmacological treatment compared to usual care only. They found that treatment rates did not improve.
AHRQ-funded; HS023009.
Citation: Cram P, Wolinsky FD, Lou Y .
Patient-activation and guideline-concordant pharmacological treatment after bone density testing: the PAADRN randomized controlled trial.
Osteoporos Int 2016 Dec;27(12):3513-24. doi: 10.1007/s00198-016-3681-9.
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Keywords: Education: Patient and Caregiver, Guidelines, Medication, Osteoporosis, Patient and Family Engagement
Edmonds SW, Cram P, Lou Y
Effects of a DXA result letter on satisfaction, quality of life, and osteoporosis knowledge: a randomized controlled trial.
This study tested whether a tailored dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) test result letter and an accompanying educational bone-health brochure affected patient satisfaction, quality of life (QOL), or osteoporosis (OP) knowledge. It found that a tailored DXA result letter and bone-health educational brochure sent to patients improved patient satisfaction with bone-related health care. There were no differences between the intervention and usual care groups in QOL or OP knowledge.
AHRQ-funded; HS023009.
Citation: Edmonds SW, Cram P, Lou Y .
Effects of a DXA result letter on satisfaction, quality of life, and osteoporosis knowledge: a randomized controlled trial.
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 2016 Aug 26;17(1):369. doi: 10.1186/s12891-016-1227-0.
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Keywords: Education: Patient and Caregiver, Osteoporosis, Patient Experience, Quality of Life
Fenton JJ, Robbins JA, Amarnath AL
Osteoporosis overtreatment in a regional health care system.
The researchers estimated the frequency of osteoporosis overtreatment in a regional health care system where DXA reports routinely include T scores for anatomic sites (e.g., lateral lumbar spine) that the International Society for Clinical Densitometry does not recommend for osteoporosis diagnosis. They found that two-thirds of new osteoporosis drug prescriptions were potentially inappropriate.
AHRQ-funded; HS022236.
Citation: Fenton JJ, Robbins JA, Amarnath AL .
Osteoporosis overtreatment in a regional health care system.
JAMA Intern Med 2016 Mar;176(3):391-3. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.6020.
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Keywords: Decision Making, Diagnostic Safety and Quality, Medication, Osteoporosis
LaFleur J, Rillamas-Sun E, Colon-Emeric CS
Fracture rates and bone density among postmenopausal veteran and non-veteran women from the Women's Health Initiative.
The authors compared fracture rates and bone mineral density for veterans and non-veterans using Women's Health Initiative data. They found that veterans had higher 10-year probabilities for any major fracture and hip fracture compared with non-veterans, but that risk of fracture at other anatomic sites did not differ by veteran status. They concluded that female veterans had an increased hip fracture rate not explained by differences in well-recognized fracture risk factors.
AHRQ-funded; HS018582.
Citation: LaFleur J, Rillamas-Sun E, Colon-Emeric CS .
Fracture rates and bone density among postmenopausal veteran and non-veteran women from the Women's Health Initiative.
Gerontologist 2016 Feb;56 Suppl 1:S78-90. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnv677.
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Keywords: Elderly, Injuries and Wounds, Osteoporosis, Women
Lyles CR, Schafer AL, Seligman HK
Income, food insecurity, and osteoporosis among older adults in the 2007-2008 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES).
The researchers investigated osteoporosis and low socioeconomic status (SES). They concluded that income and food insecurity may have significant implications not just for immediate nutritional outcomes, but also for conditions such as osteoporosis that develop over the lifespan.
AHRQ-funded; HS022408.
Citation: Lyles CR, Schafer AL, Seligman HK .
Income, food insecurity, and osteoporosis among older adults in the 2007-2008 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES).
J Health Care Poor Underserved 2014 Nov;25(4):1530-41. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2014.0174.
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Keywords: Elderly, Nutrition, Osteoporosis, Social Determinants of Health, Low-Income