Patients experience a need for informal care after a fragility fracture.

Joanna E M SaleLucy FrankelWinnie YuJulia PaivaJessica SainiSean HuiEarl BogochLynn Meadows

Published in: Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA (2022)

Informal care needs are an additional burden of fragility fractures. Post-fracture interventions should consider the broader context of patients' lives and potentially support the care needs of patients as part of their services.

Keyphrases

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