Table 5 Key risk messages identified by respondents
From: Improving bone mineral density reporting to patients with an illustration of personal fracture risk
Risk message category | Associated responses |
|---|---|
Fracture risk | "Risk of breaking a bone in spine, forearms, shoulders, or hip". |
High risk | "I'm in the high risk". |
Ten-year fracture risk | 'In the next 10 years I am at a high risk for breaking those bones'. |
General health risk | 'showing you from the high to low of risk involved'. |
Personal fracture risk | "It is telling me where my bone density lies, and the risk of it". |
Preventable risk | "That you have 10 years to get your act together or you'll be in the red". |
Action is required | "If you are in the red part you best be getting to the doctor". |
Bone density results | "Percent of risk of osteoporosis in spine, forearms, shoulder, or hip in the next 10 years'. |
Risk categories | "It's showing you are at moderate risk. High risk is clear up here. And it's a little more than low risk". |