CSA Epidemiology/Quality of Life Working Group
Members
Jonathan Adachi, Frederik Borgström, Cyrus Cooper (co-chair), Hans Peter Dimai, John Kanis (co-chair), Edith Lau, Paul Lips, Mickael Lewiecki, Roman Lorenc, Eugene McCloskey,
Sergio Ortolani, Stuart Silverman
Vision
To characterise the epidemiology and impact of osteoporosis and its related fragility fractures.
Aims
The Epidemiology/Quality of Life Working Group establishes projects which aim to estimate the epidemiology of osteoporosis around the world, to evaluate the impact of fragility fractures on health-related quality of life and finally to measure the direct and indirect cost of osteoporotic fractures worldwide.
Objectives
- To further develop the fracture risk assessment tool (FRAX®) by increasing its international scope and its use in clinical practice.
- To produce IOF questionnaires in order to determine quality of life after osteoporotic fractures. These instruments help in assessing the burden of osteoporosis and fragility fractures and evaluating treatment outcomes.
- To provide new data on the global epidemiology and impact of osteoporotic fracture worldwide.
- To evaluate the secular changes in fracture incidence rates worldwide.
- To estimate the cost and quality of life following a hip fracture, a vertebral fracture and a wrist fracture in different countries, through the International Cost and Utilities Related to Osteoporotic fractures Study (ICUROS).
