Long-term outcome of patients with pregnancy and lactation-associated osteoporosis (PLO) with a particular focus on quality of life.
Martin GehlenAna Doina LazarescuChristian HinzMichael Schwarz-EywillMichael PfeiferSubathira BalasingamAnna MaierPublished in: Clinical rheumatology (2019)
PLO has a significant impact on pain, mental state, quality of life, and capacity to work. However, the long-term prognosis is promising. The severe mental distress is presumably related to several contributing factors in life such as physical integrity and independence, family life, employment, and financial security.Key Points• PLO has a strong impact on quality of life and can lead to severe mental distress.• At onset of symptoms, patients with PLO are in very poor mental and physical condition; however, the long-term outcome after inpatient rehabilitation seems to be good.• Most patients do not suffer subsequent vertebral fractures until the menopause.
Keyphrases
- mental health
- end stage renal disease
- postmenopausal women
- physical activity
- mental illness
- ejection fraction
- bone mineral density
- early onset
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- chronic pain
- peritoneal dialysis
- pain management
- prognostic factors
- neuropathic pain
- healthcare
- public health
- preterm birth
- spinal cord
- sleep quality
- preterm infants
- postoperative pain