Osteoporosis significantly reduces quality of life: Osteoporoz yaşam kalitesini anlamlı olarak azaltmaktadır

Özlem Altındağ; Neslihan Soran

doi:10.5455/GMJ-30-49394

Authors

Özlem Altındağ Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, University of Gaziantep, Gaziantep, Turkey
Neslihan Soran Beyhekim State Hospital, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinic, Konya, Turkey

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5455/GMJ-30-49394

Keywords:

Fracture, postmenopausal osteoporosis, quality of life

Abstract

The study was planned to investigate the quality of life in women with postmenopausal osteoporosis. Sixtyfour patients with postmenopausal osteoporosis and 80 postmenopausal healthy women were included in the study. Quality of life was evaluated by QUALEFFO-41 and bone mineral density was measured using dual-X-ray absorptiometry. There were no significant differences between two groups with respect to age, and body mass index (P>0.05). QUALEFFO pain, QUALEFFO physical function household chores, QUALEFFO physical function mobility, QUALEFFO general health scores were significantly higher in patients, than in controls (P<0.001, for all). There were no significant differences QUALEFFO social activity and QUALEFFO mental function scores between patients and controls (P>0.05). We have shown that the quality of life was lower in osteoporotic patients than in controls. We thought that the life quality should be assessed in osteoporotic patients even before fracture occurrence.

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