Introduction: Fracture liaison services (FLS), often staffed by radiographers, identify and treat patients over the age of 50 at high risk of future fractures by intervening after the first fracture. Vertebral fragility fractures (VFF) are particularly disabling and are highly predictive of future fracture but are underdiagnosed as they often do not come to clinical attention. To review the behaviour traits of patient with opportunistically identified VFF's (OIVFF), local FLS data can be used to compare outcomes of OIVFF's with acute VFF's (AVFF) and non-hip/spine fragility fractures (NHSFF).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Non-pharmacological interventions (NPIs) are preferred alternatives to using antipsychotic medications to manage disruptive behaviors in nursing home (NH) residents living with dementia. However, the implementation of these interventions is often complex in the NH environment. In this qualitative analysis of data from an embedded pragmatic clinical trial (ePCT) of a personalized music intervention, we describe NH-level implementation barriers and facilitators.
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