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Improving the diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis using a senior-friendly peer-led community education and mentoring model: a randomized controlled trial

Overview of attention for article published in Clinical Interventions in Aging, May 2017
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Title
Improving the diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis using a senior-friendly peer-led community education and mentoring model: a randomized controlled trial
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Clinical Interventions in Aging, May 2017
DOI 10.2147/cia.s130573
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Marita Kloseck, Deborah A Fitzsimmons, Mark Speechley, Marie Y Savundranayagam, Richard G Crilly

Abstract

This randomized controlled trial (RCT) evaluated a 6-month peer-led community education and mentorship program to improve the diagnosis and management of osteoporosis. Ten seniors (74-90 years of age) were trained to become peer educators and mentors and deliver the intervention. In the subsequent RCT, 105 seniors (mean age =80.5±6.9; 89% female) were randomly assigned to the peer-led education and mentorship program (n=53) or control group (n=52). Knowledge was assessed at baseline and 6 months. Success was defined as discussing osteoporosis risk with their family physician, obtaining a bone mineral density assessment, and returning to review their risk profile and receive advice and/or treatment. Knowledge of osteoporosis did not change significantly. There was no difference in knowledge change between the two groups (mean difference =1.3, 95% confidence interval [CI] of difference -0.76 to 3.36). More participants in the intervention group achieved a successful outcome (odds ratio 0.16, 95% CI 0.06-0.42, P<0.001). Peer-led education and mentorship can promote positive health behavior in seniors. This model was effective for improving osteoporosis risk assessment, diagnosis, and treatment in a community setting.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 75 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 13 17%
Student > Bachelor 10 13%
Researcher 7 9%
Other 6 8%
Lecturer 4 5%
Other 13 17%
Unknown 22 29%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 12 16%
Nursing and Health Professions 11 15%
Social Sciences 8 11%
Psychology 4 5%
Business, Management and Accounting 2 3%
Other 13 17%
Unknown 25 33%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 08 November 2020.
All research outputs
#7,050,597
of 25,382,440 outputs
Outputs from Clinical Interventions in Aging
#661
of 1,968 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#103,899
of 324,557 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Clinical Interventions in Aging
#20
of 32 outputs
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