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Background: Osteoporosis is a major public health problem, associated with substantial morbidity and socioeconomic burden. An early detection can help in reducing the fracture rates and overall socio-economic burden in such patients. Aim: To study the outcome of fixed day approach of detection in osteoporosis cases in the Dept. of orthopaedics. Materials and methods: A total number of 359 subjects were screened under clinical and portable heel ultrasound bone densitometer examination (calcaneal QUS) in dept. of orthopaedics of Sri Siddhartha Medical College, Tumakuru on world osteoporosis day October 20th 2016. Then the subjects were categorised into osteopenic, osteoporotic and severely osteoporotic using Bone Mineral Density (BMD) T Score. The diagnosed severely osteoporotic subjects were admitted and treated symptomatically. Results: The result suggested that a substantial female population had osteopenia and osteoporosis after the age of 45 years. Conclusion: A substantial population was screened for osteoporosis and osteopenia using calcaneal QUS method utilizing same World Health Organisation (WHO) T-score criteria that otherwise shall remain undiagnosed and face the complications.

Fixed Day Approach in Detection of Osteoporosis and Osteopenia in a Medical College using Bone Mineral Density T-score