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Abstract

Osteoporosis leads to increased risk of falls, and thus an increase in fractures, highlighting here hip fractures, that result in high mortality, functional disability, and high medical expenditure. The aim is to summarise the available evidence on effective non-pharmacological interventions to prevent the triad osteoporosis/falls risk/hip fracture. A scoping review was conducted consulting the Scientific Electronic Library Online (Scielo), National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) y PubMed.databases. Inclusion criteria were articles published between 2013 and 2019, in Spanish or English. In addition, publications on a population over 65 years of age covering non-pharmacological interventions aimed at hip fracture prevention for both institutionalised patients in long-stay health centres or hospitals, and patients cared for at home, both dependent and non-dependent, were included. Sixty-six articles were selected and 13 non-pharmacological interventions were identified according to the Nursing Interventions Classification taxonomy, aimed at preventing osteoporosis, falls, and hip fracture. The figures regarding the affected population according to the studies are alarming, reflecting the importance of preventing the triad osteoporosis, falls risk, and hip fracture among the population over 65 years of age. The most effective interventions were focused on increasing Bone Mineral Density through diet, exercise, and falls prevention. As a conclusion, primary prevention should be applied to the entire adult population, with special emphasis on people with osteoporosis.

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Title
Non-Pharmacological Interventions towards Preventing the Triad Osteoporosis-Falls Risk-Hip Fracture, in Population Older than 65. Scoping Review
Author
Peraza-Delgado, Alba 1 ; Sánchez-Gómez, María Begoña 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Gómez-Salgado, Juan 3   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Romero-Martín, Macarena 4   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Novo-Muñoz, Mercedes 5 ; Duarte-Clíments, Gonzalo 2 

 University Hospital Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, 38010 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain; [email protected] 
 University School of Nursing, Candelaria N.S. University Hospital, University of La Laguna, 38010 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain; [email protected] (M.B.S.-G.); [email protected] (G.D.-C.) 
 Department of Sociology, Social Work and Public Health, Faculty of Labour Sciences, University of Huelva, 21007 Huelva, Spain; Safety and Health Postgraduate Program, Universidad Espíritu Santo, Guayaquil 092301, Ecuador 
 Department of Nursing. University of Huelva, 21071 Huelva, Spain 
 Nursing Department, Faculty of Health Sciences. University of La Laguna, 38200 Tenerife, Spain; [email protected] 
First page
2329
Publication year
2020
Publication date
2020
Publisher
MDPI AG
e-ISSN
20770383
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2641071668
Copyright
© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.