Understanding patients' preferences for osteoporosis treatment: the impact of patients' characteristics on subgroups and latent classes.

Dennis CornelissenA BoonenS BoursS EversC DirksenM Hiligsmann

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 (2019)

This study revealed patterns in patients' preferences for osteoporosis treatment, which cannot be related to specific socio-demographic or clinical characteristics. Therefore, patients should be involved in clinical decision-making to reveal their preferences.

Keyphrases

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ejection fraction
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chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
dna methylation
smoking cessation
combination therapy