Table 3.
Osteoporosis-related Management Within 1 Year of Discharge for Fracture by Prior Fracture Status
| Total (N = 227) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | Prior Fracture (N = 101), % | No Prior Fracture (N = 126), % | P Value | |
| Patient reports physician follow-up | 189 | 83 | 83 | 83 | .97 |
| Physician specialization | .54 | ||||
| Orthopedist | 65 | 29 | 32 | 26 | |
| Family physician | 51 | 22 | 18 | 26 | |
| Internist | 35 | 15 | 18 | 13 | |
| Combination | 38 | 17 | 16 | 17 | |
| Mention of osteoporosis | 88 | 39 | 48 | 32 | .015 |
| Bone mineral density testing | 22 | 10 | 9 | 10 | .72 |
| Behaviors recommended | 151 | 67 | 70 | 63 | .28 |
| Calcium supplements | 38 | 17 | 22 | 13 | |
| Dietary calcium | 13 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |
| Vitamin D | 15 | 7 | 4 | 9 | |
| Exercise | 13 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |
| Exercise + other | 26 | 11 | 13 | 10 | |
| Calcium + vitamin D | 46 | 20 | 20 | 21 | |
| Medications recommended | 60 | 26 | 33 | 21 | .056 |
| Estrogen | 24 | 11 | 13 | 9 | |
| Alendronate | 12 | 5 | 8 | 3 | |
| Calcitonin | 14 | 6 | 8 | 5 | |
| Combination | 8 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |
| Still on medication at 1 year | 52 | 87 | 82 | 93 | .22 |