Assessment Of Future Fracture Risk Among The Pre And Post-Menopausal Women Of Allahabad District With Osteopenia And Osteoporosis

Abstract

Osteoporosis is associated with low bone mineral density which is closely associated with compelling morbidity, mortality and socioeconomic burden. This bone disorder is responsible for over 1.5 million fractures annually and under consideration of this point, the main objective of this study was to measure the future fracture risk associated with osteoporosis among pre and post-menopausal women of Allahabad District. This study was a cross-sectional study conducted among 316 pre and post-menopausal women of Allahabad District aged between 35-65 years. This study was carried out in one specialized hospital named Yashlok Hospital, which provides advanced health services to the community and organized free BMD check-up camps regularly through P-DEXA machine for the general population of Allahabad district. All relatively healthy women aged between 30-60 years who came to the referral hospital outpatient department during the free BMD check-up camps were randomly and purposively approached to participate in the study and survey method was used for the collection of the information from the respondents. The investigation show that the prediction of future fracture risk based on fracture index shows a strong relation between fracture index score and prevalence of osteopo[1]rosis which increased the possibilities of osteoporotic fractures. found that there is a strong relationship between weight (More than 125lb) and arm assistance to stand up with the future risk of hip, vertebral and non-vertebral fractures in the pre and post-menopausal women. So, the assessment of future risk for the osteoporotic fracture is the key element to reduce the prevalence of osteoporotic fractures and associated disability and mortality.