QFracture is better than FRAX tool in assessing risk of hip fracture

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 345, Issue 7867, 2012, Pages

  Johansen, Antony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALGORITHM; BONE DENSITY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FALLING; FEMALE; FRAX; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QFRACTURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; NOTE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84864381292     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e4988     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

1. Cooper C, Harvey NC. Osteoporosis risk assessment. BMJ 2012;344:e4191. (21 June.)
2. Hippisley-Cox J, Coupland C. Derivation and validation of updated QFracture algorithm to predict risk of osteoporotic fracture in primary care in the United Kingdom: prospective open cohort study. BMJ 2012;344:e3427. (22 May.)