Guidelines
Clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of osteoporosis in Canada:
Summary published in CMAJ (2010)
Clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of osteoporosis in Canada:
Background and Technical Report (2010)
Recommendations for fracture prevention in long-term care (2015)
Canadian research and recommendations
Osteoporosis and related fractures in Canada:
Report from the Canadian Chronic Disease Surveillance System 2020, Public Health Agency of Canada (2020)
Osteoporosis Canada Healthcare Professionals Website:
Research, recommendations and more
Tools
There are two similar tools available to Canadian physicians for estimating patients’ 10-year fracture risk. The first is the updated tool of the Canadian Association of Radiologists and Osteoporosis Canada (CAROC). The second is the Canadian Fracture Risk Assessment tool (FRAX) from the World Health Organization (WHO).1
Both tools are available at Osteoporosis.ca in the Healthcare Providers section under Tools. These tools use the bone mineral density or T-score for the femoral neck only. They have been calibrated using the same Canadian fracture data and have been directly validated in Canadians.1
CAROC:
Canadian Association of Radiologists and Osteoporosis Canada Risk Assessment tool
Online Fracture Risk Assessment tool (FRAX):
The Canadian version of the World Health Organization (WHO) Fracture Risk Assessment tool
Additional resources
Example of a Bone Health Care Plan
Osteoporosis Canada’s Quick Reference Guide
The Burden of Fracture: New insights from the Osteoporosis and Related Fractures in Canada report
The Osteoporosis “Care Gap”: New insights from the Osteoporosis and Related Fractures in Canada report
The Burden of Osteoporosis: New insights from the Osteoporosis and Related Fractures in Canada report
Virtual bone model: healthy bone vs. osteoporotic bone
Patient ID Fracture Assessment Questionnaire
Osteoporosis treatment assessment questionnaire