Changes in Testing and Treatment Methods in Osteoporosis Care

Table 4

Hospital-based and clinic-based orthopaedic surgeons, 2015 and 2020.

Hospital-based orthopaedic surgeon
Year in which the survey was conducted	2015	2020	value
Number of doctors	32	32
BMD measurement of the lumbar spine or hip joint (%)	18 (56.3)	27 (84.4)
Xp of thoracolumbar spine (%)	19 (59.4)	16 (50.0)	0.45
25(OH)D (%)	0 (0)	8 (25.0)
Bone metabolic markers (%)	25 (78.1)	30 (93.8)	0.07
Therapeutic exercise (%)	16 (50.0)	15 (46.9)	0.80
Nutritional guidance (%)	11 (34.4)	13 (40.6)	0.61
Orthopaedic surgeons working in clinics
Year in which the survey was conducted	2015	2020	value
Number of doctors	42	42
BMD measurement of the lumbar spine or hip joint (%)	12 (28.6)	20 (47.6)	0.07
Xp of thoracolumbar spine (%)	26 (61.9)	22 (52.4)	0.38
25(OH)D (%)	2 (5.8)	11 (26.2)
Bone metabolic markers (%)	34 (81.0)	30 (71.4)	0.31
Therapeutic exercise (%)	21 (50.0)	25 (59.5)	0.38
Nutritional guidance (%)	15 (35.7)	19 (45.2)	0.37

Statistics were a Chi-square test. BMD, bone mineral density; Xp, X-ray photography; 25(OH)D,25-hydroxyvitamin D.