Publications by authors named "Carolyn Leckie"
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- The study investigates the acceptance of osteoporosis medication among postmenopausal women across nine countries, focusing on how various factors like age and fracture history influence this willingness.
- Findings reveal that 79.2% of participants accepted treatment at fracture probabilities equal to or below the recommended threshold, highlighting a potential gap in fracture risk communication.
- Higher numeric literacy was linked to a greater willingness to accept treatment compared to those with lower literacy levels, suggesting that improving patient understanding of risk could enhance treatment acceptance.
Older adults who are frail are one of the most sedentary and the least physically active age groups. Prolonged sedentary time is associated with increased risk of negative health outcomes. To help design effective and sustainable content and optimize the uptake of sedentary behaviour interventions, an in-depth understanding of older adults' perceptions of sedentary behaviour is needed; however, most qualitative studies have been conducted in healthy older adults.
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- - Patients want information about their fracture risk, but only a little over half have received it, according to the RICO study.
- - The study involved structured interviews with 332 women at risk of fractures from multiple countries and found that most preferred visual tools for understanding their risk.
- - Nearly all participants expressed the desire for improved discussions with healthcare professionals about their fracture risk and consequences, highlighting a communication gap in healthcare.