OD, Pre-Test: Osteoporosis and the Female Patient: Pre-menopause

1. Osteoporosis and the Female Patient: Pre-menopause

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Please take a minute to complete this pre-session survey to help ARHP assess the impact of its educational programs. Completing this survey will provide ARHP with an invaluable tool for understanding how health professionals use educational offerings and how ARHP activities might be improved to serve you better.

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* 1. Your primary professional category (choose the one best response):

Health Professional Educator

Nurse Midwife

Nurse Practitioner

Pharmacist

Physician

Physician Assistant

Registered Nurse

Resident

Student

Other (please specify)

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* 2. Do you interact with patients?

Yes

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* 3. 1. Maya is a 35-year-old female patient at your clinic. She has a family history of osteoporosis, currently smokes one pack of cigarettes per day, and consumes under 500 mg dietary calcium per day. How would you counsel risk reduction for this patient?

Provide counseling on FDA-approved osteoporosis prescription medications as a way to manage pre-menopausal risk

Recommend calcium carbonate supplements to increase her calcium intake and manage pre-menopausal bone mineral loss

Recommend reducing her smoking rate to below 15 cigarettes per day, in addition to calcium citrate supplements

Provide counseling on smoking cessation and increasing food-based dietary calcium intake

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* 4. Which genetic and environmental factors are associated with LOW peak bone mass (select all that apply)?

Smoking

Physical activity

Calcium deficiency

Early onset of menses

Eating disorder amenorrhea

African American race

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* 5. Which of the following measurements indicates a diagnosis of osteoporosis in a pre-menopausal patient?

Z-score of < -2.0

T-score of < -2.0 and a secondary cause of osteoporosis

Z-score of < -2.0 and a secondary cause of osteoporosis

T-score between -1.0 and -2.5 and a 10-year probability of a major osteoporotic fracture

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* 6. As a result of participating in this activity, I hope to be better able to:

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