Background: In Canada, more than 2 million people live with osteoporosis, a disease that
increases the risk for fractures, which result in excess mortality and morbidity, decreased …

Since the publication of the Osteoporosis Canada guide-lines in 2002, there has been a
paradigm shift in the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis and fractures. 1, 2 The focus …

Patient engagement in clinical guidelines development is essential. The results of a self-
administered online survey identified themes important to people living with osteoporosis …

Core principles for fracture prevention address fundamental concepts for the evaluation and
management of patients at risk for fracture. These are intended to form the foundation of …

Guidelines for doctors managing osteoporosis in the Asia-Pacific region vary widely. We
compared 18 guidelines for similarities and differences in five key areas. We then used a …

Since the publication of the 2002 Osteoporosis Canada guidelines, there has been a
paradigm shift in the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis and fractures. This …

Evidence-based guidelines are increasingly used in the management of osteoporosis and
have the potential to produce uniformly high standards of clinical care across different …

Background Numerous agencies have developed clinical practice guidelines for the
management of postmenopausal osteoporosis. The study objective was to conduct a …

Rationale At the request of a Dutch governmental organization, a multidisciplinary group of
osteoporosis experts in the Netherlands published in 2002 a guideline on case finding …

Methods This guideline, which has been endorsed by Osteoporosis Canada, was
developed using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and …