The Differences of Osteoporosis Awareness and its Association with 10-Year Fracture Risks Between Female Breast Cancer Survivors Before and After Menopause Age
Objective: To compare the osteoporosis awareness and its association with 10-year fracture risks between young and old breast cancer survivors. Methods: During the 2011 Pink October campaign hosted by the Taiwan Breast Cancer Alliance and the Taiwanese Osteoporosis Association, questionnaires on ost...
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| author | Chiung-Jung Wen Keh-Sung Tsai Jawl-Shan Hwang Rong-Sen Yang Ding-Cheng Chan |
| author_facet | Chiung-Jung Wen Keh-Sung Tsai Jawl-Shan Hwang Rong-Sen Yang Ding-Cheng Chan |
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| description | Objective: To compare the osteoporosis awareness and its association with 10-year fracture risks between young and old breast cancer survivors.
Methods: During the 2011 Pink October campaign hosted by the Taiwan Breast Cancer Alliance and the Taiwanese Osteoporosis Association, questionnaires on osteoporosis awareness and FRAX variables were distributed. Data from participants aged 40 years and older (n = 807) were analyzed. Comparisons were made between those aged below and above 50 years, and among different tertiles of predicted fracture risk groups.
Results: Mean age was 56.0 ± 7.7 years. Only half (52.7%) showed a high level of osteoporosis awareness. Older survivors were more likely to exhibit higher awareness levels (55.0% vs. 44.8%; p < 0.05). Moreover, osteoporosis awareness increased among higher predicted 10-year major osteoporosis fracture risk groups. Older survivors (age ≥ 50 years) also had a higher body mass index, higher prevalence of secondary osteoporosis, and higher predicted 10-year fracture risk (p < 0.05).
Conclusion: Osteoporosis awareness levels were higher among older and higher fracture risk breast cancer survivors. Educational program and osteoporosis prevention strategies may start with younger and lower fracture risk breast cancer survivors to increase the awareness in order to reduce under-management of osteoporosis. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c261cbbddecd4ec5870907c8c48d54822022-12-22T00:02:16ZengTaiwan Society of Geriatric Emergency and Critical Medicine (TSGECM)International Journal of Gerontology1873-95982016-03-01101333610.1016/j.ijge.2014.10.004The Differences of Osteoporosis Awareness and its Association with 10-Year Fracture Risks Between Female Breast Cancer Survivors Before and After Menopause AgeChiung-Jung Wen0Keh-Sung Tsai1Jawl-Shan Hwang2Rong-Sen Yang3Ding-Cheng Chan4Department of Geriatrics and Gerontology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, TaiwanDepartment of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, TaiwanDivision of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan County, TaiwanDepartment of Orthopedics Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, TaiwanDepartment of Geriatrics and Gerontology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, TaiwanObjective: To compare the osteoporosis awareness and its association with 10-year fracture risks between young and old breast cancer survivors. Methods: During the 2011 Pink October campaign hosted by the Taiwan Breast Cancer Alliance and the Taiwanese Osteoporosis Association, questionnaires on osteoporosis awareness and FRAX variables were distributed. Data from participants aged 40 years and older (n = 807) were analyzed. Comparisons were made between those aged below and above 50 years, and among different tertiles of predicted fracture risk groups. Results: Mean age was 56.0 ± 7.7 years. Only half (52.7%) showed a high level of osteoporosis awareness. Older survivors were more likely to exhibit higher awareness levels (55.0% vs. 44.8%; p < 0.05). Moreover, osteoporosis awareness increased among higher predicted 10-year major osteoporosis fracture risk groups. Older survivors (age ≥ 50 years) also had a higher body mass index, higher prevalence of secondary osteoporosis, and higher predicted 10-year fracture risk (p < 0.05). Conclusion: Osteoporosis awareness levels were higher among older and higher fracture risk breast cancer survivors. Educational program and osteoporosis prevention strategies may start with younger and lower fracture risk breast cancer survivors to increase the awareness in order to reduce under-management of osteoporosis.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1873959816000120awarenessbreast cancerfracture riskosteoporosis |
| spellingShingle | Chiung-Jung Wen Keh-Sung Tsai Jawl-Shan Hwang Rong-Sen Yang Ding-Cheng Chan The Differences of Osteoporosis Awareness and its Association with 10-Year Fracture Risks Between Female Breast Cancer Survivors Before and After Menopause Age International Journal of Gerontology awareness breast cancer fracture risk osteoporosis |
| title | The Differences of Osteoporosis Awareness and its Association with 10-Year Fracture Risks Between Female Breast Cancer Survivors Before and After Menopause Age |
| title_full | The Differences of Osteoporosis Awareness and its Association with 10-Year Fracture Risks Between Female Breast Cancer Survivors Before and After Menopause Age |
| title_fullStr | The Differences of Osteoporosis Awareness and its Association with 10-Year Fracture Risks Between Female Breast Cancer Survivors Before and After Menopause Age |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Differences of Osteoporosis Awareness and its Association with 10-Year Fracture Risks Between Female Breast Cancer Survivors Before and After Menopause Age |
| title_short | The Differences of Osteoporosis Awareness and its Association with 10-Year Fracture Risks Between Female Breast Cancer Survivors Before and After Menopause Age |
| title_sort | differences of osteoporosis awareness and its association with 10 year fracture risks between female breast cancer survivors before and after menopause age |
| topic | awareness breast cancer fracture risk osteoporosis |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1873959816000120 |
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