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