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[Diagnosing osteoporosis in primary care in Spain (ABOPAP 2000 study)].

Abstract：

OBJECTIVE:To discover how osteoporosis is tackled in Spanish primary care before the publication of the semFYC osteoporosis guide. DESIGN:Self-filled questionnaire for primary care doctors sent out by commercial mail (in blocks per province). SETTING:Five thousand family medicine clinics in Spain.Participants. Doctors working in primary care.Measurements. Level of activity relating to osteoporosis in daily consultations (identification of risk factors, screening, who conducts diagnosis and follow-up, level of access to densitometry and specialist) and identification data (province, type of work centre and number of consultations per day). MAIN RESULTS:414 replies embracing reformed and non-reformed centres from the entire country, with different case overloads. 32.3% stated that osteoporosis treatment was viewed as a preventive activity in their centre and only 35.5% systematically asked for family history of osteoporosis. Osteoporosis screening was high in determined situations (82.9% in vertebral compression, 78.3% in hip fracture) and deficient in others (59.6% in glucocorticoid treatment, 46.6% in colles fractures, 36% in chronic nephropathy, 29.2% in thinness, 17.1% in chronic hepatopathy and 11.8% in treatment for epilepsy or with lithium). 73.9% could not request bone densitometry and 64.3% thought that access to other care levels was complicated. 51.9% said they continued to monitor osteoporosis. The impossibility of requesting densitometry or difficult access conditioned the screening level. There were differences in access according to autonomous communities, with Catalonia having best access to Densitometry (75%), followed by the communities of Madrid, Valencia and Euskadi (30%). CONCLUSIONS:Diagnosis of osteoporosis in primary care is deficient and is partly conditioned by difficulty in access to diagnostic tests and the lack of systematic screening.

journal_name

Aten Primaria

journal_title

Atencion primaria

authors

Aragonès Forès R,Orozco López P,Grupo de Osteoporosis de la Societat Catalana de Medicina Familiar i Comunitària.

doi

10.1016/s0212-6567(02)79046-x

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2002-10-15 00:00:00

pages

350-6

issue

eissn

0212-6567

issn

1578-1275

pii

13038155

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