[QOL evaluation for osteoporosis].
It is important to evaluate the Health Related QOL (HRQOL) in the treatment of the patients with osteoporosis. In 1999, the Japanese Society for Bone and Mineral Research made Japanese Osteoporosis Quality of Life Questionnaire (JOQOL) to evaluate the osteoporosis specific HRQOL of the Japanese patients. This JOQOL 1999-version was revised in 2000. JOQOL 2001 version consists of six domain 38 items, using five-point scale ranging from 0 to 4, scored from 0 to 152. Osteoporosis is a bone disorder with decreased bone strength, resulting in bone fragility and consequently fractures. The vertebral fractures cause a change in the spinal column (kyphosis) and the decline of the physical function due to the back pain. This is the decrease in QOL of the patients with osteoporosis compared to cases without osteoporosis. Therefore, assessment of QOL are recommended in the prevention and treatment for osteoporosis.
Department of Regenerative and Transplant Medicine, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Japan.
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D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000150:complications / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy*; D058866:Osteoporotic Fractures / Q000209:etiology; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000378:metabolism
D014807:Vitamin D