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Patient Preference For Being Informed Of Their Dxa Scan Results, Peter Cram, Janet Schlechte, Gary Rosenthal, Alan Christensen
Patient Preference For Being Informed Of Their Dxa Scan Results, Peter Cram, Janet Schlechte, Gary Rosenthal, Alan Christensen
Alan J. Christensen
Evidence suggests that patients diagnosed with osteoporosis are often undertreated. One potential solution to undertreatment is to enhance patient involvement in their osteoporosis care (a.k.a. patient activation) by having the dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) center directly provide patients with their test results and educational material. However, little is known about patient interest in such an intervention. Consecutive patients presenting to an academic medical center DXA scanning unit were given a questionnaire to assess their preferences for being informed of their test results and interest in receiving their results plus educational material by mail from the testing center. Two hundred and …