| A pragmatic randomised controlled trial of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of screening older women for the prevention of fractures: rationale, design and methods for the SCOOP study. | |
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PMID: 22314936 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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SCOOP is a UK seven-centre, pragmatic, randomised controlled trial with 5-year follow-up, including 11,580 women aged 70 to 85 years, to assess the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a community-based screening programme to reduce fractures. It utilises the FRAX algorithm and DXA to assess the 10-year probability of fracture. INTRODUCTION: Osteoporotic, or low-trauma, fractures present a considerable burden to the National Health Service and have major adverse effects on quality of life, disability and mortality for the individual. METHODS: Given the availability of efficacious treatments and a risk assessment tool based upon clinical risk factors and bone mineral density, a case exists to undertake a community-based controlled evaluation of screening for subjects at high risk of fracture, under the hypothesis that such a screening programme would reduce fractures in this population. RESULTS: This study is a UK seven-centre, unblinded, pragmatic, randomised controlled trial with a 5-year follow-up period. A total of 11,580 women, aged 70 to 85 years and not on prescribed bone protective therapy will be consented to the trial by post via primary care providing 90% power to detect an 18% decrease in fractures. CONCLUSIONS: Participants will be randomised to either a screening arm or control. Those undergoing screening will have a 10-year fracture probability computed from baseline risk factors together with bone mineral density measured by DXA in selected subjects. Individuals above an age-dependent threshold of fracture probability will be recommended for treatment for the duration of the trial. Subjects in the control arm will receive 'usual care'. Participants will be followed up 6 months after randomisation and annually by postal questionnaires with independent checking of hospital and primary care records. The primary outcome will be the proportion of individuals sustaining fractures in each group. An economic analysis will be carried out to assess cost-effectiveness of screening. A qualitative evaluation will be conducted to examine the acceptability of the process to participants. |
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L Shepstone; R Fordham; E Lenaghan; I Harvey; C Cooper; N Gittoes; A Heawood; T J Peters; T O'Neill; D Torgerson; R Holland; A Howe; T Marshall; J A Kanis; E McCloskey |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-2-8 |
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Title: Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA Volume: - ISSN: 1433-2965 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2012 Feb |
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Created Date: 2012-2-8 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9100105 Medline TA: Osteoporos Int Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK, L.Shepstone@uea.ac.uk. |
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