With the rate of fragility fractures
increasing as much as 20 times following a patient’s first fragility fracture, a comprehensive patient education course on osteoporosis and fracture prevention needs to be employed for patient safety. The American Orthopaedic Association (AOA) initiated an Own the Bone™ (OTB) pilot program in 2005 in an attempt to improve the treatment and prevention of these fragility fractures. Following a successful pilot program, our institution has maintained its commitment to the OTB protocol as a quality care improvement program for our fragility fracture patients. The purpose of this study was to assess #click here randurls[1|1|,|CHEM1|]# the efficacy of the OTB Program in our inpatient, fragility fracture population. METHODS: Participants were139 fragility fracture patients that were identified, educated, and referred for follow up by a fragility fracture liaison.
The patient education was conducted via OTB materials selleck compound and a letter was sent to PCPs to increase communication between medical disciplines to improve osteoporosis care. Patients were contacted by telephone at an average follow up of 8.4 months after the hospitalization to respond to the OTB Follow-up Survey. RESULTS: Of the 97 (69.8 %) patients that responded to the survey, 75 (77.3 %) patients had visited their PCP after suffering a fragility fracture. Forty-one (42.3 %) patients had a discussion with their PCP regarding their fracture. Thirty-three (34.0 %) patients had a DXA performed after
hospital discharge. At follow up, 58 (59.8 %) patients were taking vitamin D. Another 58 (59.8 %) patients reported taking calcium and 15 (15.46 %) patients reported being on pharmacologic osteoporotic medications. CONCLUSION: The OTB program attained comparable vitamin D and calcium supplementation rates relative to other fragility fracture education programs. However, a gap in medical care after “Own the Bone” intervention occurs resulting in low rates of bone density testing and initiation of pharmacologic management by PCP. Further physician education and adherence with guidelines is necessary. P16 USING PREDICTIVE MODELING TO ESTIMATE BONE MINERAL DENSITY IN CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH PHENYLKETONURIA Kathryn E. Coakley, MS, RD, Nutrition the and Health Sciences and Molecules to Mankind Programs, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Teresa D. Douglas, PhD, Metabolic Nutrition Program, Department of Human Genetics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Rani H. Singh, PhD, RD, LD, Metabolic Nutrition Program, Department of Human Genetics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA BACKGROUND: Phenylketonuria (PKU) is an autosomal recessive disorder affecting the enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase. Elevated concentrations of phenylalanine (phe) result in neurological, behavioral, and physical abnormalities. Children and adults with PKU also have a higher prevalence of bone abnormalities and increased fracture risk compared to non-PKU controls.