Osteoporosis Associated Vertebral Fractures - Medical and Socio-economic Aspects in Austria
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Osteoporotic Fractures
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Vienna
- Enrollment
- 694
- Primary Endpoint
- gender aspects
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 11 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The purposes of this study were to analyse demographic, medical, gender and socio-economic aspects of osteoporosis associated vertebral fractures.
Investigators
Julian Joestl
MD
Medical University of Vienna
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •patients older than 50 years of age with vertebral fractures at the thoracic or lumbar spine caused by a low-energy trauma or without any trauma, or with vertebral fractures at the thoracic or lumbar spine with typical osteoporotic deformity of the vertebrae (wedge, fish, or flat)
Exclusion Criteria
- •patients younger than 50 years of age
- •vertebral fractures at the cervical spine
- •vertebral fractures at the thoracic or lumbar spine caused by a high-energy trauma (motor-vehicle accident, sports-related accident, fall from a considerable height)
- •patients suffering from a malignancy, making a pathological fracture presumably, patients with vertebral fractures, whose dataset of follow-up monitoring was lacking, to make an evaluation of osteoporotic involvement impossible
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
gender aspects
Time Frame: at least two year follow up
gender aspects (sex) of osteoporosis associated vertebral fractures treated with either operation or non operative treatment
socio economic aspects
Time Frame: at least two year follow up
socio-economic aspects (cost ratio) of osteoporosis associated vertebral fractures treated with either operation or non operative treatment
demographic aspects
Time Frame: at least two year follow up
demographic aspects (age, social status) of osteoporosis associated vertebral fractures treated with either operation or non operative treatment