The importance of patient clubs in the management of osteoporotic patients

• Authors: János Gaál , László Farkas , Tamás Bender , Péter Somogyi
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Although the significance of osteoporosis is well known worldwide, the number of patients undergoing therapy for this disease corresponds to a fraction only of the optimal proportion. In many countries, patients at a high risk of fracture - including those who have in fact sustained a typical fracture - do not receive therapy at all. Unawareness of the population, difficulties in accessing specialist care, as well as insufficient communications all contribute to the fact that a substantial percentage of patients discontinue drug therapy prematurely. Using information from a survey conducted in a club of osteoporotic patients, this paper discusses the achievements and substantiates the existence of patient associations, as well as emphasizes the need for establishing new patient clubs in Hungary.

Keywords

EN

Osteoporosis; Management; Patient clubs

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Medicine
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 6
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 821-825

Dates

published

1 - 12 - 2011

online

8 - 10 - 2011

Contributors

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János Gaál

• Department of Rheumatology, ‘Kenézy Gyula’ County Hospital, 2-26 Bartók Béla str., Debrecen, 4032, Hungary

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László Farkas

• Special Ambulance of Orthopedic Surgery of District XIX, 122 Ady Endre str., Budapest, 1195, Hungary

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Tamás Bender

• University of Szeged, Department of Ortopedic Surgery, 109 Tisza Lajos ave., Szeged, 6725, Hungary

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Péter Somogyi

• Department of Ortopedic Surgery, University of Budapest, 27 Karolina str., Budapest, 1113, Hungary

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s11536-011-0085-2