Clinical Study

Fracture Incidence, Quality of Life, and Back Pain during 18-Months Treatment with Teriparatide in Greek Postmenopausal Women with Osteoporosis: Results from the European Forsteo Observational Study

Table 2

Back pain reporting and qualification in the study course.

% of PatientsBaselineb3 monthsc6 monthsc12 monthsc18 monthsc

Reporting back pain (BP)93.2%84.6%77.8%66.4%64.2%
BP every/almost every day39.9%7.5%3.9%2.5%2.2%
Moderate or severe BP89.9%69.4%50.7%42.4%32.4%
Moderate or severe limitation of activities62.3%36.7%24.0%18.3%14.8%

b During the last 12 months.
c During the last month.