TY - JOUR T1 - A clinic for the prevention of osteoporosis in general practice. JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 295 LP - 299 VL - 40 IS - 336 AU - J Coope AU - D Roberts Y1 - 1990/07/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/40/336/295.abstract N2 - A clinic for women aged 40-60 years, offering screening and education about diet and hormone use and other measures for the prevention of osteoporosis, was organized in a group practice. Out of 582 eligible women contacted from the age-sex register, 252 (43%) attended the clinic. A year after the start of the clinic postal questionnaires were sent to all attenders and non-attenders to ascertain smoking habit, hormone use, calcium intake and social class. The use of hormone replacement therapy by the clinic attenders increased from a baseline of 15% to 45% but this had decreased to 38% one year later. Attending women were of higher social class and had slightly higher calcium intake than non-attenders. Although the use of hormone replacement therapy for prevention of osteoporosis is controversial, the risks and benefits were explained carefully to the women and the clinic provided a valuable opportunity for screening for weight problems, high blood pressure, menstrual problems and for health education about diet for the woman and her family. ER -