Effectiveness of an Educational Program in the Prevention of Osteoporosis and Fractures

University of Helsinki

Status: Completed

Conditions: Osteoporosis; Fractures

Treatments: Behavioral: multidisciplinary osteoporosis prevention educational program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00589615

325/E05/01

Miina Sillanpää Foundation

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study will elucidate the effectiveness of an educational program in the prevention of osteoporosis and fractures. A random sample of the female population in Southern Finland (Uusimaa region) within the age group of 60-70 years was drawn from the population registry. From 1996 through 2000, 2181 women from the population register were recruited and randomly assigned to the intervention and to the control group. The subjects in the intervention group have been on a multidisciplinary program and the subjects in the control group received osteoporosis prevention information through the media and health care system. An end point is any fracture during the ten-year follow-up.

Enrollment: 2,181 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 60 to 70 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age 60-70 years and living in southern Finland (Uusimaa region)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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2,181 participants in 2 patient groups

1

Active Comparator group

Description:

The multidisciplinary osteoporosis prevention study started with a five-day program at a rehabilitation centre and will be followed by one-day group appointments twice.

Treatment:

Behavioral: multidisciplinary osteoporosis prevention educational program

2

No Intervention group

Description:

The control group will get information about osteoporosis through media and health care system.