Patient perceptions of osteoporosis management: a qualitative pilot study by a patient advisory group.

Unlabelled: The management of osteoporosis even after a fracture is declining. Our pilot study in patients with osteoporosis confirms a large ignorance of the disease and major fears and uncertainties about the treatments. Complete and sustained medical information seems essential to counteract the contradictory information, which are exclusively negative.

Cross-perspectives on care pathways for painful osteoarthritis: A qualitative analysis in patients and healthcare professionals.

Purpose: To analyse and compare patients' and healthcare professionals' (HPs) perspectives concerning patient care pathways for painful osteoarthritis (OA).

Patients And Methods: We performed a qualitative study of two focus groups corresponding to eight patients with painful OA and eight HPs involved in OA management.

Results: Six key themes emerged from the interviews: (1) representations of OA, (2) OA pain, (3) quality of life, (4) care pathways, (5) actors involved in the care pathway, and (6) treatments.

Development and real-life use assessment of a self-management smartphone application for patients with inflammatory arthritis. A user-centred step-by-step approach.

Background: Mobile health applications (apps) are increasing in interest to enhance patient self-management. Few apps are actually used by patients and have been developed for patients with inflammatory arthritis (IA) treated with disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs which use entails risk of adverse effects such as infections.

Objective: To develop Hiboot, a self-management mobile app for patients with IA, by using a user-centred step-by-step approach and assess its real-life use.

Real-world care for individuals aged over fifty with fractures in France: Evidence for a wide care gap-The EPIFRACT Study.

Objectives: To describe the care trajectories of adults aged ≥50 years with fragility fractures in France.

Methods: A postal questionnaire was sent to 15,000 individuals aged ≥50 years extracted from a representative panel of the French population (METASKOPE) in April-May 2018. Respondents experiencing a single fragility fracture in the previous three years constituted the study population.

Fragility fractures in France: epidemiology, characteristics and quality of life (the EPIFRACT study).

Unlabelled: Between 1 and 2% of people aged 50 years and over living at home in France are likely to experience a fragility fracture each year. Three-quarters of these individuals are not diagnosed with osteoporosis and lose the opportunity for appropriate care.

Purpose: To estimate the incidence of fragility fractures in France and to describe the characteristics of individuals with such fractures and of their fractures.

Educational needs of health professionals working in rheumatology in Europe.

Objective: To explore the availability of postgraduate education for health professionals (HPs) working in rheumatology in Europe, and their perceived educational needs and barriers for participation in current educational offerings.

Methods: Structured interviews were conducted with national representatives of rheumatology HPs' organisations and an online survey among individual HPs was disseminated through existing European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) networks (10 languages including English). These comprised questions on: availability of postgraduate education, familiarity with EULAR and its educational offerings, unmet needs regarding the contents and mode of delivery and potential barriers to participate in education (0-10 scales).