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What is a fragility fracture?

A fragility fracture is a fracture due to weak, thin bone occurring from a low-trauma event (e.g., fall from a standing height).1,2

The most common sites of fragility fractures are the forearm, hip, spine, humerus and pelvis.1

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Risk of refracture

A fragility fracture is one of the most significant risk factors for predicting future fractures.3

  • Risk of another fracture within 1 year:
    • After hip fracture: 5%-10% risk
    • After vertebral fracture: 20% risk

After a fragility fracture, it has been shown that an osteoporosis patient is at imminent risk of a subsequent fracture within 2 years.4

In a recent Ontario study of patients with an index fragility fracture (N=115,776), 17.8% incurred a second fracture and 3.6% incurred a third fracture over the study period. The median time to second fracture across any index fracture site was consistently less than 2 years.4†

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Increased morbidity

An individual’s overall well-being and quality of life can be seriously impacted by an osteoporosis-related fragility fracture.1

  • Physical effects can include chronic pain, reduced mobility, loss of height, disability and premature death.
  • Psychological consequences often ensue, i.e., depression, and anxiety due to fear of future fractures, consequent impairment and worries about falling.
  • Social impacts include loss of social role and social isolation.
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Hip fractures carried a high and looming risk of mortality

~25% of patients 40+ died of any cause within the following year (2014-2015 excluding Yukon and Saskatchewan).1,5

Why?

  • Post-fracture complications
  • Multiple predisposing comorbid conditions1

Osteoporosis-related fragility fractures can impact patients both physically and emotionally. Watch the videos below to see how.

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          In a meta-analysis:

          • Older adults were shown to have a 5- to 8-fold risk of death during the first three months following a hip fracture. The risk decreased substantially after the first two years post-fracture, but it remained elevated even after 10 years of follow-up (compared to age- and sex-matched controls).1
          • Women were 2x more likely to fracture their hip – but men were 1.3x more likely to die from any cause following a hip fracture within 12 months (2014-2015).1
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          Women were

          2x more likely

          to fracture their hip

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          Following a hip fracture, men were

          1.3x more likely

          to die from any cause within
          12 months (2014-2015).1

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