Status:
COMPLETED
Screening for Osteoporosis in General Practice
Lead Sponsor:
Aalborg University
Collaborating Sponsors:
Aalborg University Hospital
Conditions:
Osteoporosis
Eligibility:
All Genders
25+ years
Brief Summary
All Danish general practices have a data capture system that collects selected data from the electronic patient record. These data are used for various quality assurance purposes. The aim of the study...
Detailed Description
Background/Method General practitioners (GPs) have the Sentinel data capture program as an integrated part of their medical record system. The program identifies if a patient has one or more of the f...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patient identified as being at an increased risk of osteoporosis by the data capture system
Exclusion
- Known osteoporosis.
- Patients treated with alendronate.
- Patients below 25 years of age.
- Bone metastasis.
- Terminal disease.
- Severe dementia or other disease or condition that is incompatible with participation.
- Bone mineral density scan within the past 3 years.
- Errors in their ICPC coding that leads to the patient being misclassified as having an increased risk of osteoporosis.
- Patients not wanting to participate.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2014
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
May 1 2015
Estimated Enrollment :
367 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT02220699
Start Date
January 1 2014
End Date
May 1 2015
Last Update
July 19 2016
Active Locations (1)
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Lægerne Sløjfen (a family medicine clinic)
Aalborg, North Denmark, Denmark, 9220