Bone attack and heart attack
The PHAC report likens an osteoporotic fragility fracture to a bone attack.2
Consider using a term your patients understand
It has been suggested that the lay verbiage of bone attack is a helpful choice over the more clinical term osteoporosis-related fragility fracture as it may facilitate communication and understanding with patients.1
In your daily practice, you may find that counselling patients about the goals and benefits of Bone Health Care Plans can be challenging.
This can be attributed, in part, to osteoporosis being the “silent thief”, since bone can deteriorate over a number of years without any symptoms.
But when physicians give voice to osteoporosis, they address the fractures associated with the disease, which the PHAC report says is the main public health challenge.
Despite osteoporosis clinical practice guidelines and the known consequences of osteoporosis, there is a major gap between guideline-recommended care and actual care. This is the osteoporosis care gap.2
Consider post-event care for a heart attack.
What about a bone attack?