Resumen

LEYTON PAVEZ, Carolina Elena; DEVETAK ALVAREZ, Alejandra Romina  y  PAUL ESPINOZA, Iván Renato. Risk of osteoporotic fracture and associated risk factors in postmenopausal women in primary health care. Rev. costarric. salud pública [online]. 2018, vol.27, n.1, pp.3-15. ISSN 1409-1429.

Objective: To analyze the risk of osteoporotic fracture and associated risk factors in postmenopausal women under control in a Primary Health Care Center. Material and Method: A cross-sectional quantitative study, sample selection of 197 women between 50 and 64 years of age, their risk of fracture was calculated using FRAX, a predictive tool for fracture that incorporates risk factors, and allows the probability to be determined ten years Risk of major osteoporotic fracture and hip fracture. Results: A mean of 3.46% ± 3.18% for greater fracture risk and 0.84% ± 1.30% for hip fracture risk. Risk categorization indicated 3% with high risk for major fracture and 11.2% high risk for hip fracture. The highest prevalence of risk factors was secondary osteoporosis, active smoking, and previous fracture. Conclusions: The situation of risk of fracture and the most prevalent risk factors observed requires establishing preventive interventions from the level of primary health care.

Palabras clave : osteoporosis; postmenopause; risk factor.

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