Welcome to QFracture™
About you
Age:
Sex: Male Female
Clinical information -- check those that apply
Smoking status:
Alcohol consumption:
Do you have asthma?
Are you taking steroid tablets regularly?
Have you had a heart attack, angina, stroke or TIA (a mini-stroke with full recovery within 24hrs)?
Do you a history of falls?
Do you have chronic liver disease?
Do you have rheumatoid arthritis?
Are you taking tricylic antidepressants?
Do you have type 2 diabetes?
For women only
Which type of HRT are you on?
Do you have an endocrine problem (e.g. thyrotoxicosis, hyperparathyroidism, Cushing's syndrome)?
Do either of your parents have osteoporosis/hip fracture?
Do you have gastrointestinal malabsorption (e.g. Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, celiac disease, steatorrhoea, blind loop syndrome)?
Do you have menopausal symptoms (flushes or vaginal dryness)?
Leave blank if unknown
Body mass index
Weight (kg):
Height (cm):
Calculate risk over years.

Welcome to the QFracture™ website

QFracture is a new website which is used to estimate an individual's risk of developing

  • hip fracture or
  • osteoporotic fracture (hip, vertebral, or distal radius fracture) over the next 10 years.

The algorithms have been specifically developed by doctors and academics for use in the UK in order to identify people at high risk of these fractures so they can be assessed in more detail to reduce their risk. The original research was done using the QResearch anonymised medical research database and published in the BMJ.

This website is for clinicians and researchers who wish to evaluate the new QFracture algorithms which have just been published in the British Medical Journal. It is not currently intended for use by individual patients. All medical decisions relating to both scores need to be taken by a patient in consultation with their doctor.

The authors, ClinRisk Ltd and University of Nottingham accept no responsibility for clinical use or misuse of the score.

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Materials on this web site are protected by copyright law. Access to the materials on this web site for the sole purpose of personal educational and research use only. Where appropriate a single print out of a reasonable proportion of these materials may be made for personal education, research and private study. Materials should not be further copied, photocopied or reproduced, or distributed in electronic form. Any unauthorised use or distribution for commercial purposes is expressly forbidden. Any other unauthorised use or distribution of the materials may constitute an infringement of ClinRisk Ltd.'s copyright and may lead to legal action.

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