Education for Osteoporosis in Persons With Existing Fractures

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Osteoporosis
• Interventions: Behavioral: Osteoporosis Prevention and Self-Management Course; Behavioral: Introductory education session on osteoporosis

• Registration Number: NCT00575250
• Lead Sponsor: University of Adelaide

Brief Summary

We wish to investigate whether a weekly, 2½ hour group-based osteoporosis education intervention (the Osteoporosis Prevention and Self-Management Course), is different to one session course (1x 2½ hours) on osteoporosis knowledge, confidence to eat calcium-containing foods, confidence to exercise, and amount of exercise undertaken after three and nine months of follow-up in people aged over 50 years who have already had a bone fracture.

Detailed Description

Instruments used to determine change after 3 and 9 months:

Osteoporosis knowledge: Osteoporosis Knowledge Assessment Test (Winzenberg et al. BMC Musculoskelet Disord 2003) Calcium intake: Food frequency questionnaire (Angus et al. J Am Diet Assoc 1989) Calcium and exercise self-efficacy: Osteoporosis Self-Efficacy Scale (Horan et al Res Nurs Health 1998) Physical activity: CHAMPS II (Stewart et al. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2001)

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2004-01
• Status Verified: 2007-12
• Study Completion: 2007-12
• Study First Submitted: 2007-12-17
• Study First Submitted QC: 2007-12-17
• Last Update Submitted: 2007-12-17
• Study First Posted: 2007-12-18
• Last Update Posted: 2007-12-18

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 152

Inclusion Criteria

• Presented to Modbury Hospital's Accident and Emergency Department with a new bone fracture

Exclusion Criteria

• Residence in nursing home
• Fracture sustained in motor bike, push bike or motor vehicle accident
• Fracture sustained due to high trauma, such as fall from roof or ladder
• Dementia
• Inability to participate in group settings
• Inability to understand spoken English
• Inability to provide informed consent
• Pathological fracture
• Usual place of residence outside South Australia

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
1	Osteoporosis Prevention and Self-Management Course	Osteoporosis Prevention and Self-Management Course (4 x 2 1/2 hours)
2	Introductory education session on osteoporosis	One "introductory" osteoporosis education session (1 x 2 1/2 hours)

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Difference between groups at three months on osteoporosis knowledge, confidence in ability to consume calcium and to exercise, actual calcium consumption and exercise levels	Three and nine months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Changes between baseline and three months within each group on osteoporosis knowledge, confidence in the ability to each calcium-containing foods and exercise, and the amount of calcium consumed in foods and exercise undertaken	Three and nine months

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Modbury Hospital, Modbury; 🇦🇺 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia