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NCT Number: NCT00575250

Education for Osteoporosis in Persons With Existing Fractures

We wish to investigate whether a weekly, 2½ hour group-based osteoporosis education intervention (the Osteoporosis Prevention and Self-Management Course), is different to one session course (1x 2½ hours) on osteoporosis knowledge, confidence to eat calcium-containing foods, confidence to exercise, and amount of exercise undertaken after three and nine months of follow-up in people aged over 50 years who have already had a bone fracture.

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Key information

Conditions

Osteoporosis Bone Diseases Bone Diseases, Metabolic Metabolic Diseases Musculoskeletal Diseases Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases

Age range

50 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Modbury Hospital, Modbury

Adelaide, South Australia, 5092, Australia

About this study

Instruments used to determine change after 3 and 9 months:

Osteoporosis knowledge: Osteoporosis Knowledge Assessment Test (Winzenberg et al. BMC Musculoskelet Disord 2003) Calcium intake: Food frequency questionnaire (Angus et al. J Am Diet Assoc 1989) Calcium and exercise self-efficacy: Osteoporosis Self-Efficacy Scale (Horan et al Res Nurs Health 1998) Physical activity: CHAMPS II (Stewart et al. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2001)

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Presented to Modbury Hospital's Accident and Emergency Department with a new bone fracture

Exclusion criteria

  • Residence in nursing home
  • Fracture sustained in motor bike, push bike or motor vehicle accident
  • Fracture sustained due to high trauma, such as fall from roof or ladder
  • Dementia
  • Inability to participate in group settings
  • Inability to understand spoken English
  • Inability to provide informed consent
  • Pathological fracture
  • Usual place of residence outside South Australia

Treatment and study plan

Osteoporosis Prevention and Self-Management Course

Behavioral

Four weekly education sessions of 2 1/2 hours duration, in a group session facilitated by a community nurse and trained lay leader.

Introductory education session on osteoporosis

Behavioral

Introductory education session, 1 x 2 1/2 hours in a group session facilitated by a community nurse and trained lay person.

Primary outcomes

  1. Difference between groups at three months on osteoporosis knowledge, confidence in ability to consume calcium and to exercise, actual calcium consumption and exercise levels

    Time frame: Three and nine months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Changes between baseline and three months within each group on osteoporosis knowledge, confidence in the ability to each calcium-containing foods and exercise, and the amount of calcium consumed in foods and exercise undertaken

    Time frame: Three and nine months

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Adelaide

Other

Collaborators

  • Osteoporosis SA

Registry information

Official study title

Osteoporosis Education Clinic Study

Important dates

Study start
2004
Study completion
2007
First posted
Dec 18, 2007
Registry last updated
Dec 18, 2007

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