Osteoporosis - Screening:

Screening for Osteoporosis
Release Date: September 2002

Summary of Recommendations / Supporting Documents


Summary of Recommendations
•The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends that women aged 65 and older be screened routinely for osteoporosis. The USPSTF recommends that routine screening begin at age 60 for women at increased risk for osteoporotic fractures. (Go to Clinical Considerations for discussion of women at increased risk.)
http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/3rduspstf/osteoporosis/osteorr.htm#clinical

Grade: B Recommendation.
•The USPSTF makes no recommendation for or against routine osteoporosis screening in postmenopausal women who are younger than 60 or in women aged 60-64 who are not at increased risk for osteoporotic fractures.
http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstf/gradespre.htm#brec


Grade: C Recommendation.
http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstf/gradespre.htm#crec


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Supporting Documents
Screening for Osteoporosis in Postmenopausal Women, September 2002
Recommendations and Rationale (PDF File, 84 KB; PDF Help)
http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/3rduspstf/osteoporosis/osteorr.htm

Summary of the Evidence (PDF File, 162 KB; PDF Help)
http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/3rduspstf/osteoporosis/osteosumm1.htm

Systematic Evidence Review (PDF Files Download)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=hscps2ed1996&part=A14728

As part of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force's ongoing commitment to clarity about its work and methods, it has begun to invite public comment on all draft recommendation statements before publication. Because of this new initiative, the final recommendation on screening for osteoporosis does not appear with this accompanying evidence review, which was published in Annals of Internal Medicine on July 6, 2010.

The USPSTF's draft recommendation statement on screening for osteoporosis is now available for public comment at www.ahrq.gov/clinic/tfcomment.htm. Comments will be accepted until August 3, 2010. After the USPSTF considers the comments and finalizes the recommendation, it will be available in Annals of Internal Medicine (www.annals.org) and on this page.


Screening for Osteoporosis, July 2010
Draft Recommendation Statement (Opportunity for Public Comment: http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/tfcomment.htm)
http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/draftix.htm

Supporting Article (PDF File, 771 KB; PDF Help)
http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstf10/osteoporosis/osteoart.pdf


Systematic Evidence Review (PDF File, 3.2 MB; PDF Help)
http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstf10/osteoporosis/osteoes.pdf

Persons with disabilities experiencing problems accessing portions of the PDF file for the evidence synthesis should contact Lisa Nicolella at (301) 427-1906 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting (301) 427-1906 end_of_the_skype_highlighting.


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Current as of July 2010
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Internet Citation:

Screening for Osteoporosis, Topic Page. July 2010. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstf/uspsoste.htm

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