A Randomized Trial to Assess the Impact of Direct Reporting of DXA Scan Results to Patients on Quality of Osteoporosis Care

Journal of Clinical Densitometry

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 393-398

  Cram, Peter ^a   Schlechte, Janet ^a   Christensen, Alan ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b D Center of Excellence   (United States)

^c University of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

Osteoporosis; patient activation; patient education; quality of care; randomized trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCREENING;

AGED; BONE DENSITY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; DIPHOSPHONATES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTAL SERVICE; TELEPHONE;

EID: 33750604964     PISSN: 10946950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocd.2006.09.002     Document Type: Article

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