Education for Osteoporosis in Persons With Existing Fractures

NCT00575250 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2.180405
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 152
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

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.

Conditions

Osteoporosis

Keywords

Osteoporosis/prevention & control; Osteoporosis Prevention and Self-Management Course; Patient Education/*trends//Questionnaires; Adult//Aged//Middle Aged; Life Style//

Outcome Measures

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

  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

  Three and nine months

Study Arms (2)

1

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Osteoporosis Prevention and Self-Management Course (4 x 2 1/2 hours)

Behavioral: Osteoporosis Prevention and Self-Management Course

2

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

One "introductory" osteoporosis education session (1 x 2 1/2 hours)

Behavioral: Introductory education session on osteoporosis

Interventions

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.

1

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.

2

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 50 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

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

You may not qualify if:

• 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

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Adelaide: lead
• Osteoporosis SA: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Modbury Hospital, Modbury

Adelaide, South Australia, 5092, Australia

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Osteoporosis

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Bone Diseases, Metabolic; Bone Diseases; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Metabolic Diseases; Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases

Study Officials

• Laura L Laslett, MMedSci

  University of Adelaide

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Julian D McNeil, PhD FRACP

  University of Adelaide

  STUDY CHAIR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 17, 2007
• First Posted: December 18, 2007
• Study Start: January 1, 2004
• Study Completion: December 1, 2007
• Last Updated: December 18, 2007

Record last verified: 2007-12

Locations

AU (1)