Abstract
Introduction: In patients with osteoporosis, the loss of height is indicative of vertebral fractures and periodic height measurement is an essential component of their clinical assessment. It is a challenging task in these patients and there is no recommended, standard technique for measuring the height of these patients. Our objective was to assess the accuracy of the stadiometer and the drop-down scale with the carpenter’s level for height measurements. Method: Height measurements were taken from 30 consecutive patients using the stadiometer and the drop-down scale with carpenter’s scales. Again, three height measurements were taken from 172 patients using only the drop-down scale with carpenter’s scale. Results: The height measurements from stadiometer gave more accurate results compared to drop-down scale (p Conclusions: The stadiometer with a carpenter’s level can provide accurate height measurements in patients with osteoporosis. The accuracy of a single measurement is as good as the average of three height measurements.
Highlights
A challenge, as many patients are elderly and frail
Thirty OP patients (Females =16) with an average age of 56.4 ±14.6 years had their heights measured by both methods
The results showed that there is a statistically significant difference between the height measurement from the stadiometer and the drop-down scale in the 30 patients with a p-value of 0.00 (p
Summary
A challenge, as many patients are elderly and frail. The correct technique of measuring height in OP patients has not been studied extensively and this study gives a certain amount of useful information with regard to this aspect. Thirty OP patients (Females =16) with an average age of 56.4 ±14.6 years had their heights measured by both methods. The results showed that there is a statistically significant difference between the height measurement from the stadiometer and the drop-down scale in the 30 patients with a p-value of 0.00 (p
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