A Tiered Management System of Osteoporosis in China

Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Osteopenia; Osteoporosis

Treatments: Other: No intervention would be taken

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03916289

JS-1894

Details and patient eligibility

About

There is a management gap in China. This study aims to establish a tiered management system of osteoporosis for Chinese patients. Including:

1. Developing a national hierarchical health management network platform for middle-aged and elderly osteoporosis patients. With this platform, the data of medical records, laboratory results would be shared between medical institutions. And primary hospitals can refer the patients to the nearest medical centre for advanced auxiliary examinations and diagnosis.
2. Establishing a muti-level hospital collaboration, doctor-patient interaction management model of osteoporosis.
3. To explore and establish a early warning and screening pathways for osteoporosis.

Enrollment: 15,000 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Postmenopausal women or men aged 50 years or older

Conform to the diagnosis of osteoporosis or osteopenia as followings:

1. Bone mineral density measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry show a T-score ≤ -1.0 at neck of femur or total hip or lumber 1-4 OR
2. Have at least once major osteoporotic fracture

Exclusion criteria

• Screened people who do not meet the inclusion criteria