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Medicina y Seguridad del Trabajo
versión On-line ISSN 1989-7790versión impresa ISSN 0465-546X
Resumen
MIRA FERRER, Luz Mª y FUENTE DIEZ, Elena de la. Osteoporosis: una patología con afectación personal, familiar, laboral y social. Med. segur. trab. [online]. 2007, vol.53, n.206, pp.43-47. ISSN 1989-7790.
The osteoporosis and the osteoporotic fracture represent a prevalent disease and one of the main problem in the developed countries. The European and Spanish population are going to be older from the last century and the osteoporosis is growing up. In other hand, usually, the disease affect people at the 40 th decade of life when they are working population in active labour life period, so the osteoporosis is an important cause of absenteeism, and consistently, the osteoporosis means a high economic, social, family, sanitary and labour cost. One of the main effectives activities in the control of the disease are the instauration of prevention programs guided to target populations. An effective program of early diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis is the gold standard method to attend correctly this "silent illness". The roads points of actuation are related with an early detection of the risks factor in each patient before the fracture and others complications takes place. Them, we must recommend healthful habits of life to avoid the appearance of osteoporosis and osteoporosis fracture. The Services of Prevention of Labour Risk have a privileged position to develop this prevention programes.
Palabras clave : Osteoposis; osteoporotic fracture; osteopenia; risk factor; prevention.