Charoenngam Nipith, Pongchaiyakul Chatlert
Department of Medicine, Mount Auburn Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Osteoporos Sarcopenia. 2023 Jun;9(2):53-59. doi: 10.1016/j.afos.2023.05.002. Epub 2023 Jun 27.
Osteoporosis is a major public health issue in Thailand, which increased morbidity, mortality, and health-care utilization. The objective of this review is to provide current perspectives on epidemiology, evaluation and management of osteoporosis in Thailand. According to epidemiologic data, the prevalence of osteoporosis and the incidence of hip fracture were comparable to the rest of the world. However, among Thai postmenopausal women, the prevalence of asymptomatic vertebral fracture was disproportionately high. In addition to established risk factors, conditions that may affect the risk of osteoporosis in the Thai population include certain genetic variants, thalassemia, vitamin D deficiency, and low dietary calcium intake, which requires further investigations to draw conclusions. In 2021, the Thai Osteoporosis Foundation released a new Clinical Practice Guideline that provides up-to-date evidence-based recommendations for evaluation and management of osteoporosis. Nonetheless, more research is required to provide local evidence in a variety of areas to guide management of osteoporosis in Thailand. These include epidemiology of distal radial fracture, the optimal intervention threshold of the Thai-specific Fracture Risk Assessment Tool model, screening for asymptomatic vertebral fracture, and the economic evaluation of osteoporosis management options, including fracture liaison service.
骨质疏松症是泰国的一个重大公共卫生问题,它增加了发病率、死亡率和医疗保健利用率。本综述的目的是提供泰国骨质疏松症流行病学、评估和管理的当前观点。根据流行病学数据,泰国骨质疏松症的患病率和髋部骨折的发病率与世界其他地区相当。然而,在泰国绝经后女性中,无症状椎体骨折的患病率高得不成比例。除了已确定的风险因素外,可能影响泰国人群骨质疏松症风险的情况包括某些基因变异、地中海贫血、维生素D缺乏和膳食钙摄入量低,这需要进一步调查才能得出结论。2021年,泰国骨质疏松症基金会发布了一项新的临床实践指南,为骨质疏松症的评估和管理提供了最新的循证建议。尽管如此,仍需要更多研究来提供各个领域的本地证据,以指导泰国骨质疏松症的管理。这些领域包括桡骨远端骨折的流行病学、泰国特定骨折风险评估工具模型的最佳干预阈值、无症状椎体骨折的筛查以及骨质疏松症管理方案的经济评估,包括骨折联络服务。