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Jul 1, 2014 · The World Health Organization Fracture Risk Assessment tool (FRAX) was developed to identify patients at risk of sustaining a fragility fracture (FF). Objective: The objective of the study was to evaluate estimated FRAX probabilities of FF at the time of a FF and to compare them with the observed incidence of recurrent FF.
- Sophie Roux, François Cabana, Nathalie Carrier, Michèle Beaulieu, Pierre-Marc April, Marie-Claude Be...
- 2014
Ford, Nathan, Norris, Susan L & Hill, Suzanne R. (2016). Clarifying WHO’s position on the FRAX® tool for fracture prediction. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 94 (12), 862.
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FRAX is a tool that was developed by the World Health Organization in 2008 to assess fracture risk. FRAX integrates clinical risk factors and bone mineral density (BMD) at the femoral neck to calculate a 10-year fracture probability for men and women. Simply put, it's a fracture risk calculator.
The models used to develop the FRAX calculator were derived from studying patient populations in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. There are paper versions of FRAX available but a free online FRAX tool exists as well. The web version is available in various languages.
According to Postgraduate Medicine, \\"Osteoporosis-related fractures (low-trauma or fragility fractures) cause substantial disability, health care costs, and mortality among postmenopausal women and older men. Epidemiologic studies indicate that at least half the population burden of osteoporosis-related fractures affects persons with osteopenia (l...
Knowing your 10-year fracture probability allows you and your doctor to make treatment decisions. The goal, if treatment is indicated, would be to lower your risk of bone fracture and to prevent osteoporosis. Because osteoporosis is a silent disease, meaning that no symptoms typically are apparent until a fracture occurs, lowering risk is essential...
FRAX asks 12 questions and then calculates your 10-year fracture probability. The information that is input to determine your fracture risk includes:
The FRAX calculator asks very specific questions related to glucocorticoids, rheumatoid arthritis, secondary osteoporosis, and alcohol use. To answer yes to the glucocorticoid question, you must have taken three months or more of prednisolone at 5 mg a day (or the equivalent dose of other steroids). \\"Yes\\" for rheumatoid arthritis means you have a...
The FRAX calculator determines the 10-year fracture probability for an individual patient. By doing so, the calculator is essentially finding patients who need intervention or treatment to lower that probability. The results can help manage the risk of osteopenia, osteoporosis, and bone fracture. Osteoporosis is the cause of 1.5 million fractures e...
- Carol Eustice
Sep 2, 2010 · Abstract. The FRAX calculator is a major achievement in terms of our understanding of measuring fracture risk. Along with being an easily accessible web-based tool, it is the only model based on extensive data on multiple cohorts. FRAX will help clinicians identify individuals who need osteoporosis treatments, while also screening out those who ...
- Stuart L. Silverman, Andrew D. Calderon
- 2010
Fractures due to osteoporosis and fracture-related complications are the most clinically relevant and costly consequences of this disorder. The Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX®), released by the World Health Organization (WHO) in February 2008, is a major achievement in helping determine which patients may be candidates for pharmacological ...
- Nelson B. Watts
- 2011
FRAX, released in 2008 by the World Health Organization, was developed and validated under the direction of Professor John Kanis with the support of many individuals and organizations including the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, the National Osteoporosis Foundation, the International Society for Clinical Densitometry, and the ...
Clarifying WHO’s position on the FRAX® tool for fracture prediction Nathan Ford,a Susan L Norrisb & Suzanne R Hillc a Department of HIV, World Health Organization, avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland. b Department of Information, Evidence and Research, World Health Organization, avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland.
