Effect of the bedridden prevention of vertebral compression fractures in home visit nursing program

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24660065
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Community health/Gerontological nurisng
• Research Institution: University of Human Environments (2015); Sugiyama Jogakuen University (2014); The Japanese Red Cross Toyota College of Nursing (2012-2013)
• Principal Investigator: Fukuta Yukiko 人間環境大学, 看護学部, 准教授 (00321034)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): Sugiura Misako 椙山女学園大学, 看護学部, 教授 (40226436) ; Takeuti Takako 日本赤十字豊田看護大学, 看護学部, 講師 (70387918) ; Kamiya Satoko 日本赤十字豊田看護大学, 看護学部, 助教 (90440833)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 訪問看護 / 日常生活自立低下 / 脊椎圧迫骨折

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We aimed to elucidate the circumstances of onset and experience of fractures among patients with vertebral compression fractures, many of whom have osteoporosis.The medical charts of patients diagnosed with vertebral compression fracture at medical institution were investigated in regard to patient attributes, circumstances of onset, bone mineral density (dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry; DEXA)Investigation of the circumstances of suffering vertebral compression fractures revealed that half of patients had developed vertebral compression fractures due to causes other than falls. In addition, many of the patients who had experience of multiple fractures had suffered the fracture without falls, indicating that vertebral compression fractures may occur in daily life even without falls or other accidents.

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