Osteoporosis Self Assessment Tool for Asian (OSTA) Index in Comparison to Quantitative Ultrasound of the Calcaneal in Predicting Low Bone Density.

• DOI: 10.3126/noaj.v3i2.9524
• Publication Date: 2014-01-08T09:27:00Z
• Authors: Binod Sherchan; Arjun Lamichhane; Deepak Prakash Ma...
• Keywords: 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; 3. Good health

Introduction: Osteoporosis represent a worldwide public health problem, frequently resulting in fractures and leading to psychological social consequences, functional limitation poor quality of life. So it is important identify those people who have high risk osteoporosis, order reduce the incidence osteoporotic fractures. The Self-Assessment Tool for Asians (OSTA) index simple tool based on age body weight. Calcaneal quantitative ultrasound (QUS) another low-cost instrument used prescreen subjects. aim this study was correlate between these two screening methods validate usefulness self assessment Asian ( OSTA) comparison with QUS calcaneum prediction low bone density Nepalese women. Methods: This two-year descriptive observational comprising 100 subjects performed at TU Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal, from 2007 January 2009 completed semi structured questionnaire subsequent measurement Quantitative Ultrasound calcaneum. sensitivity, specificity, diagnostic accuracy OSTA validated T-score. Results: When category defined as ≤ -1, value t-score -2.5, specificity were 93.3%, 56.5%, 62% respectively, area under curve 0.7651. taken t score -1.0, speciÞ city 85.2%, 89.1% 87% respectively. Conclusions: index, free tool, can be estimate prevalence values women may help increase awareness prevention mineral density. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/noaj.v3i2.9524 NOAJ July-December 2013, Vol 3, Issue 2, 20-25