title: [Verification of the indication for densitometry examination in the population of patients referred by the home doctors].
abstract: In the paper we present the analysis of the women population referred to the specialist center by the home doctors. In the population due to the indication: age more then 50, menopause or recent bone fracture densitometry examination of the lumbar spine in screening for osteoporosis was performed. Along with the examination the women completed the self reported questioner, with the questions addressing epidemiological data being referred in the literature to be osteoporosis related. The aim of the study is the revision of the indication for the osteoporosis screening. The acquired data were verified and analyzed as for it's relation to the densitometry outcomes. In the analyzed indication for osteoporosis screening only two factors (age above 50 and resent fractures) showed the statistical correlation with the osteoporosis.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Chirurgii Kregosłupa, Ortopedii i Traumatologii Ortopedyczno-Rehabilitacyjnego Szpitala Klinicznego nr 4 im Wiktora Degi, Akademia Medyczna im Karola Marcinkowskiego w Poznaniu.
authors.forename: Przemysław
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nawrot
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nowakowski
authors.forename: Lukasz
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kubaszewski
mesh_terms: D015502:Absorptiometry, Photon / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000368:Aged; D005194:Family Practice / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008875:Middle Aged; D015663:Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016387:Women's Health