Making the first osteoporotic fracture the last: Evaluating the effectiveness of a new integrated model of osteoporosis management targeting GP behaviours of patient investigation and management of potential osteoporotic fractures.

ANZAC Research Institute0 sites1,000 target enrollmentStarted: June 19, 2023Last updated: June 24, 2024

Conditions

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•The inclusion criteria for patients includes:
•Age 50 years or older.
•Confirmed fracture on X-ray, CT or MRI.
•Referred by a GP.
•The CRC/FLS-C will use this list of potential osteoporotic fracture cases to generate a list of GPs and GP practices. From this, the inclusion criteria for GPs includes:
•- GPs who practice in Primary Care as their main occupational activity, and who have referred a patient to the private radiology practice SMI for an imaging study for any indication; or
•- GPs who manage patients who have had an imaging study for any indication at Westmead Hospital, whether or not they are the referring provider.
•- GP practices with a residential address within the Central and Eastern Sydney PHN, South Western or Western Sydney PHNs.

•Age less than 50 years.
•Any fracture due to significant trauma, metastatic bone disease or haematological malignancy, metabolic bone disease (e.g. Paget’s disease of bone; severe primary. hyperparathyroidism, end-stage renal failure)
•A fracture not clearly described in the report.
•Fractures of the toes, fingers and face.
•Ankle fractures in women.
•Complex or major fractures, and intermediate complexity fractures in those aged over 75 years (FLS cases only).
•Patients who are identified as already being managed for osteoporosis.
•Women who are pregnant or who are planning on becoming pregnant.
•Patients referred by a medical specialist other than GP (SMI cases only).
•All remaining fractures will be considered potential osteoporotic fractures.
•There is no exclusion criteria for GPs.

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ANZAC Research Institute