Development of a two-question case-finding instrument for detecting osteoporosis in primary care

• Project/Area Number: 26670361
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: General internal medicine(including psychosomatic medicine)
• Research Institution: Gunma University
• Principal Investigator: OHYAMA Yoshio 群馬大学, 医学(系)研究科(研究院), 准教授 (70334117)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
• Budget Amount: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
• Keywords: 骨粗鬆症

Outline of Final Research Achievements

A total of 93 outpatients (33 men and 60 women) in Gunma university hospital participated in this study. After informed consent was obtained, each patient was asked to complete the self-report questionnaire for osteoporosis. Of these 93 patients, 18 patients (5 men and 13 women) had osteoporosis. The patients with osteoporosis were older than the patients without osteoporosis, and BMI of the patients with osteoporosis were lower than that of the patients without osteoporosis. The body height of the patients with osteoporosis shortened more than that of the patients without osteoporosis, and the loss in weight of the patients with osteoporosis was more than that of the patients without osteoporosis. These results corresponded with the previous studies for osteoporosis. We tried to develop a two-question case-finding instrument for detecting osteoporosis, but it was difficult because of the small sized study. We are going to design a further study.