The Impact of Fracture Incidence on Health Related Quality of Life among Community-Based Postmenopausal Women
Table 3
Changes in health related quality of life measures according to fracture location.
Fracture type
Quality of life measure
Assessment time
No.
Mean
Mean difference from baseline (95% CI)
Hip or vertebral ()
SF-36 physical function score
Prior to incident fracture
26
49.8
0
1 year after fracture
24
53.2
0.1 (−10.2, 10.4)
2 years after fracture
13
56.2
−9.4 (−17.9, −0.9)
SF-36 vitality scale
Prior to incident fracture
25
51.1
0
1 year after fracture
24
48.9
−1.2 (−9.3, 6.9)
2 years after fracture
12
62.5
1.2 (−7.8, 10.3)
EQ-5D
Prior to incident fracture
25
0.67
0
1 year after fracture
23
0.58
−0.10 (−0.19, −0.01)
2 years after fracture
13
0.76
−0.03 (−0.12, 0.06)
General health§
Prior to incident fracture
26
3.1
0
1 year after fracture
25
3.4
0.36 (0.10, 0.62)
2 years after fracture
13
2.9
0.23 (−0.13, 0.59)
Nonhip, nonvertebral ()
SF-36 physical function score
Prior to incident fracture
207
75.6
0
1 year after fracture
200
72.9
−2.4 (−4.7, −0.0)
2 years after fracture
132
72.9
−3.9 (−7.2, −0.7)
SF-36 vitality scale
Prior to incident fracture
206
59.6
0
1 year after fracture
199
56.5
−3.0 (−5.3, −0.7)
2 years after fracture
129
61.3
−0.2 (−3.3, 3.0)
EQ-5D
Prior to incident fracture
201
0.78
0
1 year after fracture
197
0.77
−0.02 (−0.04, 0.01)
2 years after fracture
125
0.80
0.01 (−0.02, 0.04)
General health§
Prior to incident fracture
208
2.6
0
1 year after fracture
206
2.6
0.06 (−0.03, 0.16)
2 years after fracture
132
2.5
0.53 (−0.06, 0.17)
Multiple regions ()
SF-36 physical function score
Prior to incident fracture
28
71.2
0
1 year after fracture
27
63.0
−7.4 (−18.4, 3.7)
2 years after fracture
18
63.1
−6.03 (−14.46, 2.39)
SF-36 vitality scale
Prior to incident fracture
28
53.4
0
1 year after fracture
28
49.6
−3.7 (−11.1, 3.6)
2 years after fracture
18
53.8
−1.0 (−4.8, 2.7)
EQ-5D
Prior to incident fracture
28
0.80
0
1 year after fracture
27
0.67
−0.13 (−0.23, −0.03)
2 years after fracture
17
0.75
−0.07 (−0.17, 0.03)
General health§
Prior to incident fracture
28
2.7
0
1 year after fracture
27
2.7
0.00 (−2.45, 2.45)
2 years after fracture
19
2.7
0.00 (−0.32, 0.32)
An incident resulting fracture in multiple regions. value ≤0.05. value ≤0.01. Self-rated general health using 5-point Likert scales (excellent, very good, good, fair, or poor).
