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ea0032p110 | Bone and Osteoporosis | ECE2013

Fear of illness and quality of life in Greek postmenopausal women with osteoporosis

Mintziori Gesthimani , Golias Vasileios , Triantafyllou Areti , Papadopoulou Stella-Leda , Tsiga Evangelia , Goulis Dimitrios G

Introduction: Fear of illness and quality of life have been proven to be affected in women with osteoporosis. Osteoporosis causes an increase in morbidity and mortality but the direct ways by which it affects fear of illness and quality of life are not yet known. The present study aims to assess the fear of illness and quality of life (QoL) as well as their correlation with bone density and age in a Greek rural population of postmenopausal women with osteoporosis.<p class=...