Prevalencia de osteoporosis en mujeres posmenopáusicas sometidas a densitometría ósea en el Hospital “José Carrasco Arteaga” Cuenca. Enero 2016 – enero 2017

Abstract

Background: Background: In the publication of the Chilean Biomedical Medwave Magazine (2013), Patricia Clark and colleagues point out that data on the prevalence of osteoporosis in Latin America are scarce at present. A study conducted in Argentina using bone densitometry showed that 1 in 4 women over 50 years old have normal BMD, 2 osteopenia and 1 osteoporosis. In Mexico, 59% of women have osteoporosis in the lumbar and hip spine (1). General Objective: To determine the prevalence of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women aged 40 to 70 years undergoing bone densitometry in the Hospital "José Carrasco Arteaga" Cuenca. January 2016-January 2017. Material and Methodology: A descriptive and retrospective descriptive study was conducted in postmenopausal patients, who attended the Hospital "José Carrasco Arteaga", to perform Bone Densitometry in the lumbar and hip spine, between January 2016 and January 2017. We worked with 623 patients; the sample was purposive and corresponded to the universe. Use of results: The present investigation allowed to determine the prevalence of postmenopausal osteoporosis, since, from the age of 40, bone mass is lost through menopause, causing bone alteration and consequently osteoporosis. Conclusions: The study found 225 patients with postmenopausal osteoporosis corresponding to 36.1%, according to the location it was determined that 191 cases corresponded to osteoporosis in the lumbar spine, 3 in the hip and 31 in both areas. With regard to age, the most affected range was between 61-70 years.