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Self-questionnaire in Osteoporosis
Sponsor: CHU de Quebec-Universite Laval
Summary
Osteoporosis is a multifactorial disease in which genetic predispositions play a key role in its development. A better understanding of family history and clinical manifestations among first- and second-degree relatives can help improve early detection and personalized care for at-risk patients. To this end, we will test a self-administered questionnaire previously developed by our research team. This questionnaire includes the main manifestations associated with rare genetic bone diseases such as osteogenesis imperfecta, hypophosphatasia, and osteopetrosis.
Official title: Clinical Validation of a Self-questionnaire in Adults With Osteoporosis
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
58
Start Date
2025-07-30
Completion Date
2026-12-31
Last Updated
2025-08-08
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Self-administered questionnaire
The self-administered questionnaire was previously prepared by the research team for another project. It includes 14 questions addressing the dentition, fractures, joint hypermobility, height, and eye abnormalities present in the participants or their relatives. This questionnaire covers the clinical manifestations of rare bone diseases such as osteogenesis imperfecta, pycnodysostosis, hypophosphatasia, and osteopetrosis. This self-administered questionnaire will be filled online by participant. Average completion time of 20 minutes.
Family tree
For the family tree, this step is done by a telephone interview lasting a maximum of 45 minutes, depending on the size of the participant's family. The researcher will be able to reconstruct the family history with the index case. The family tree will then contain the family history up to the second degree of kinship with respect to the index cases. The information collected through the index cases when creating the family tree must include, for each relative, biological sex, as well as information on the presence or absence of a rare or genetic bone disease and clinical signs associated with these diseases, such as short stature, bone deformities, deafness, eye problems, etc.
Locations (1)
CHU de Quebec-Universite Laval
Québec, Quebec, Canada