老年人骨質疏鬆症之預防及護理

Prevention and Care of Osteoporosis in the Elderly

林詩淳(Shih-Chun Lin)；辜美安(Malcolm Koo)；陳妙文(Miao-Wen Chen)；蔡坤維(Kun-Wei Tsai)

老年人 ； 骨質疏鬆 ； 骨折 ； elderly ； fracture ； osteoporosis

志為護理-慈濟護理雜誌

12卷4期（2013 / 08 / 01）

58 - 62

繁體中文

臺灣地區人口老化問題嚴重，骨質疏鬆症的發生率隨著年齡逐漸增加。骨質疏鬆症是骨折的危險因子，不僅會造成老年人骨折及導致失能，亦增加醫療及社會成本，甚至死亡率上升，故骨質疏鬆症防治是公共衛生重要的健康議題。防治的主要策略，包括：評估骨質疏鬆症風險，篩檢高風險群，藥物治療、飲食及運動處置。本文整理老年人骨質疏鬆症相關議題，冀望藉此加強臨床護理人員的照護知識和能力。

Population aging is a progressing issue in Taiwan, and osteoporosis, one of the most common diseases of elderly, has an occurrence positively correlated with aging. It is the major risk factor for bone fractures in elderly, which not only increases medical and social costs, but also higher risk of death. Therefore, prevention of osteoporosis is an important public health issue. The main preventive strategies for osteoporosis included evaluation of the risk for osteoporosis, screening of high-risk populations, pharmacologic therapy dietary intervention, and exercise. We reviewed literatures on osteoporosis and aimed to enhance clinical nurses’ knowledge and ability of elderly caring.