A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study on the Incidence of Osteoporosis among Adults
Arfa Mahmood, Muhammad Kashif, Areeb Afzaal, Shakeel Anjum
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ABSTRACT
Introduction:Osteoporosis is a communal
metabolic bone disease categorized by augmented bone fragility, although it has
not been properly diagnosed or treated. As the life expectancy of the
population increases, it becomes aserious and urgentuniversal epidemic. It is anavoidableconditionand
has no clinical symptoms tilloccurrence of fracture. Primary treatment and
diagnosis are very important. Therefore,our study aim was to determine the
osteoporosisincidence in adults admitted to the Rheumatology department.
Study
Design:
A descriptive cross-sectional study.
Place
and Duration:
In the Medicine and Rheumatology departments of Jinnah Hospital Lahore, Mayo
hospital Lahore and Niazi Medical Complex Teaching hospital Sargodha for
one-year duration from August 2020 July
2021.
Methods:Afterconsent from the Ethical
board appropriate sampling had been performed. The collection of data and input
was performed in Microsoft Excel; point estimation was calculated with
confidence interval of 95% along with coefficient and frequency for binary
data.All the patients aged 20 years with or without orthopedic problems were
recruited. We excluded all the patients with diagnosed calcaneum fracture and
any other pathology especially osteomyelitis of the right calcaneum. Initially,
a sample size of 400 patients was taken however after convenient sampling this
sample size was reduced to 245 patients for final analysis.
Results: The total
osteoporosisincidenceamong245 participants was diagnosed in26 (10.6%) with the
confidence interval of 95%(5.8-11.2%). Among the patients, 102 (41.6%) are men
and 143 (58.4%) are women. The participants mean age was 40.40 ± 15.20 years.
Conclusions: The osteoporosisincidence
in this analysis is high and is constant with various studies in South Asia. Primaryrecognition
of osteoporosis with quantifiable ultrasound of the calcaneus can be a virtuous
tool of screening.
ABSTRACT
Introduction:Osteoporosis is a communal
metabolic bone disease categorized by augmented bone fragility, although it has
not been properly diagnosed or treated. As the life expectancy of the
population increases, it becomes aserious and urgentuniversal epidemic. It is anavoidableconditionand
has no clinical symptoms tilloccurrence of fracture. Primary treatment and
diagnosis are very important. Therefore,our study aim was to determine the
osteoporosisincidence in adults admitted to the Rheumatology department.
Study
Design:
A descriptive cross-sectional study.
Place
and Duration:
In the Medicine and Rheumatology departments of Jinnah Hospital Lahore, Mayo
hospital Lahore and Niazi Medical Complex Teaching hospital Sargodha for
one-year duration from August 2020 July
2021.
Methods:Afterconsent from the Ethical
board appropriate sampling had been performed. The collection of data and input
was performed in Microsoft Excel; point estimation was calculated with
confidence interval of 95% along with coefficient and frequency for binary
data.All the patients aged 20 years with or without orthopedic problems were
recruited. We excluded all the patients with diagnosed calcaneum fracture and
any other pathology especially osteomyelitis of the right calcaneum. Initially,
a sample size of 400 patients was taken however after convenient sampling this
sample size was reduced to 245 patients for final analysis.
Results: The total
osteoporosisincidenceamong245 participants was diagnosed in26 (10.6%) with the
confidence interval of 95%(5.8-11.2%). Among the patients, 102 (41.6%) are men
and 143 (58.4%) are women. The participants mean age was 40.40 ± 15.20 years.
Conclusions: The osteoporosisincidence
in this analysis is high and is constant with various studies in South Asia. Primaryrecognition
of osteoporosis with quantifiable ultrasound of the calcaneus can be a virtuous
tool of screening.