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Contact the study team using the details below to take part. If there are no contact details below please ask your doctor in the first instance.
Dr
Margaret
Paggiosi
+44 (0)114 2159697
m.a.paggiosi@sheffield.ac.uk
Prof
Eugene
McCloskey
+44 (0)114 2159695
e.v.mccloskey@sheffield.ac.uk
More information about this study, what is involved and how to take part can be found on the study website.
Musculoskeletal disorders
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Good news! This study can identify patients at increased risk of broken bones (fractures) using simple questionnaire-based tools. Significant advances in osteoporosis treatment and care have occurred over the last two decades. There is now access to a range of relatively inexpensive and safe treatments to reduce the risk of fracture. These treatments work well. Bad news! 3 out of 4 people at increased risk of fracture don't receive treatment, largely because this risk goes unidentified. Sadly, a gap persists between fracture risk identification and the receiving of osteoporosis treatment. This could be due to high workloads and limited awareness of GP practices. There may also be a lack of information on some risk factors within GP electronic health records. A strategy that can raise awareness of increased fracture risk would lead to an improvement in the prescribing of osteoporosis treatments. This study (the SELF-FRAX study) will start to develop such a strategy. Patient-centred, interactive approaches, devised with the involvement of patients and the public, are believed can improve the quality of fracture risk information in GP electronic health records.
This is an era of increasing digital communications (e.g. emails, texting) and interaction with our health records (e.g. mobile health apps). The study team will explore opportunities provided by technology to enable patients to voluntarily complete a fracture risk factor assessment questionnaire. This study will also determine the most effective way(s) of doing this so that, in the future, patients can update their health records directly.
Start dates may differ between countries and research sites. The research team are responsible for keeping the information up-to-date.
The recruitment start and end dates are as follows:
You can take part if:
You may not be able to take part if:
1. Has indicated in the EHR that they do not consent to be approached about research studies2. Bereavement3. Mental health issues4. Receiving palliative care5. Diagnosed with dementia6. Unable to provide informed consent
Below are the locations for where you can take part in the trial. Please note that not all sites may be open.
Dr
Margaret
Paggiosi
+44 (0)114 2159697
m.a.paggiosi@sheffield.ac.uk
Prof
Eugene
McCloskey
+44 (0)114 2159695
e.v.mccloskey@sheffield.ac.uk
More information about this study, what is involved and how to take part can be found on the study website.
The study is sponsored by University of Sheffield and funded by Royal Osteoporosis Society.
Your feedback is important to us. It will help us improve the quality of the study information on this site. Please answer both questions.
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