Influence of patient training on persistence, compliance, and tolerability of different dosing frequency regimens of bisphosphonate therapy: An observational study in Turkish patients with postmenopausal osteoporosis

Influence of patient training on persistence, compliance, and tolerability of different dosing frequency regimens of bisphosphonate therapy: An observational study in Turkish patients with postmenopausal osteoporosis

Objective: In our study, we aimed to evaluate the influence of training on compliance and persistence with bisphosphonate treatment given on a weekly vs. monthly basis in postmenopausal osteoporosis patients. Methods: A total of 979 patients with postmenopausal osteoporosis (mean age: 63.2 ± 7.2 yea...

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Main Authors: Ülkü Akarırmak, Hikmet Koçyiğit, Nurten Eskiyurt, Sina Esmaeilzadeh, Ömer Kuru, Ebru Yılmaz Yalçinkaya, Özlen Peker, Ayşe Aydemir Ekim, Neşe Özgirgin, Mustafa Çalış, Aylin Rezvani, Alev Çevikol, Sibel Eyigör, Ömer Faruk Şendur, Jale İrdesel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AVES Yayincilik 2016-08-01
Series:Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1017995X16300141

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