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Optimal Management of Women With Wrist Fractures

NCT00226031 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 270

Last updated 2015-03-11

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

To evaluate the effectiveness of a multifaceted intervention (reminder and educational material) in improving the evaluation of osteoporosis follow-up care of post-menopausal women with wrist fractures by their primary care physicians. The intervention is directed at improving the gap in continuity of care between emergency/fracture clinics and family physicians, and reducing knowledge gaps.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Educational Material and Reminder

Family practices were randomly assigned to intervention or usual care. The intervention was a mailed reminder with a summary of osteoporosis screening and treatment guidelines sent to the GP and a letter and educational package for the women.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Queen's University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ann B Cranney, MD · Queen's University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2003-09-30
Primary Completion
2006-08-31
Completion
2007-08-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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Diseases

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