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Stop At One Stockholm (SAOS)- Secondary Fracture Prevention Through Active Patient Identification and Staff Education.

Sponsor: Helena Salminen

Summary

This is a study on the effects of education on secondary fracture prevention in primary health care centers (PHCC) and referral from hospitals to these PHCC of patients with recent fragility fractures. The design is Cluster-randomized controlled study with two arms. 40 primary health care centers (PHCC) are included, each PHCC constitutes a cluster. The intervention group contains 20 PHCCs and the control group of the remaining 20 PHCCs. The educational part of the intervention is divided into three sessions; one web based course succeeded by two multiprofessional seminars with six months interval. During the intervention period patients enlisted at the intervention PHCCs, aged 60 or more who are diagnosed on a fragility fracture are referred to their respective PHCC. The primary outcome are the proportions of patients who receive bone specific treatment after their fracture in the intervention group compared to the control group.

Official title: Stop At One Stockholm: Co-operation Between Health Care Providers and Medical Education in Primary Health Care to Prevent Falls and Fractures in the Elderly

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