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Arch Osteoporos (2017) 12: 6 DOI 10.1007/s11657-016-0298-8 ORIGINAL ARTICLE Evaluation of the validity of osteoporosis and fracture risk assessment tools (IOF One Minute Test, SCORE, and FRAX) in postmenopausal Palestinian women 1 2 1 2,3,4 Akram Kharroubi & Elias Saba & Ibrahim Ghannam & Hisham Darwish Received: 18 June 2016 /Accepted: 9 December 2016 /Published online: 24 December 2016 International Osteoporosis Foundation and National Osteoporosis Foundation 2016 Abstract (0.897) followed by FRAX for major fractures (0.826) with Summary The need for simple self-assessment tools is neces- cut-off values ˃1.5 and ˃7.8%, respectively. The IOF One sary to predict women at high risk for developing osteoporo- Minute Test AUC (0.629) was the lowest compared to other sis. In this study, tools like the IOF One Minute Test, Fracture tested tools but with sufficient accuracy for predicting the risk Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX), and Simple Calculated of developing osteoporosis with a cut-off value ˃4 total yes Osteoporosis Risk Estimation (SCORE) were found to be val- questions out of 18. SCORE test and age alone were also as id for Palestinian women. The threshold for predicting women good predictors of risk for developing osteoporosis. at risk for each tool was estimated. According
Archives of Osteoporosis – Springer Journals
Published: Dec 24, 2016
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