Domains of health-related quality of life in elderly women with osteoporosis.
Osteoporotic spinal fractures can be painful, debilitating, and contribute to impaired HRQL of elderly women. The OQLQ is a validated disease-specific instrument developed to measure HRQL in women with spinal fracture caused by osteoporosis. Future intervention studies should test nursing interventions to decrease the burden of suffering for women with this increasingly prevalent, chronic disease.
University of Tampa, Florida, USA.
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D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D015663:Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016387:Women's Health