APPROACH AND ASSESSMENT OF OSTEOPOROSIS: IDENTIFYING AND MANAGING RISK

ABSTRACT

With an ageing population, the incidence of osteoporoticfractures leading to deaths and impairment in quality oflife. However, despite the availability of effectivetreatments, osteoporosis is often under-diagnosed andunder-treated. Primary fracture prevention meansdetection of osteoporosis early with timely appropriatetreatment to improve the bone and lifestyle andenvironment optimisation to reduce falls. We propose apopulation-based combined with high-risk prescreeningfor measurement of bone mineral density (BMD) toreduce the incidence of fractures in the population.