Improving Osteoporosis Care in a Home Health Setting

The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Status: Completed

Conditions: Osteoporosis

Treatments: Other: patient magazine

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT01109472

X080401004

B3D-US-X016 (Other Grant/Funding Number)

Details and patient eligibility

About

Study aims to improve osteoporosis care through patient tailored education materials in a group-randomized trial of patients referred to home health care with a history of fracture and/or an osteoporosis diagnosis. Project investigators will conduct telephone surveys and examine electronic medical record data to assess fracture related morbidity and mortality, osteoporosis treatment and adherence, and use of calcium and vitamin D supplements.

We hypothesize that patients that receive the intervention materials will be more likely to initiate or maintain osteoporosis treatment.

Enrollment: 1,009 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 50+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• prior fracture
• osteoporosis diagnosis
• received home health care

Exclusion criteria

• hospice
• active cancer treatment

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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1,009 participants in 1 patient group

Patient Tailored Magazine

Experimental group

Description:

Patient responses from computer assisted telephone interviews will be used to develop a patient tailored educational magazine.

Treatment:

Other: patient magazine