Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2025, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (35): 7649-7655.doi: 10.12307/2025.975

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A systematic review of osteoporosis-specific quality-of-life scales

Yan Jing1, 2, Qin Qiujun1, Li Fen3, Zhou Jun1, Ding Yuanyuan1, Jin Chunlin1   

  1. 1Shanghai Health Development Research Center (Shanghai Medical Information Center), Shanghai 200031, China; 2School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China; 3Financial Management Affairs Center of Shanghai Municipal Health Commission, Shanghai 200040, China
  • Received:2024-10-21 Accepted:2024-12-17 Online:2025-12-18 Published:2025-05-07
  • Contact: Jin Chunlin, PhD, Professor, Shanghai Health Development Research Center (Shanghai Medical Information Center), Shanghai 200031, China
  • About author:Yan Jing, Master candidate, Shanghai Health Development Research Center (Shanghai Medical Information Center), Shanghai 200031, China; School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China

Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To review the development trend, target population, setting and construction process of osteoporosis-specific quality of life measures both domestically and internationally. 
METHODS: All of the currently available publicly available osteoporosis-specific quality-of-life scales were found by searching the PubMed, Embase, CNKI, and WanFang Data. The search period included the time from database construction to August 2024. The basic information, development trend, target population, and the setting of the scale’s dimensions, entries, and levels were taken from the original research and development literature that included the scale. The content of the dimensions and the scale’s construction process were then compiled and examined. 
RESULTS: A total of 20 osteoporosis-specific quality of life scales were included in the study, and the literature on the development of 34 scales was traced. The number of dimensions of the included scales ranged from 2-7 dimensions, all of which included physiological dimensions; the number of entries of the scales ranged from 10-84 entries, while the number of levels set under the entries was mostly focused on four or five levels. There are three main ways of constructing the scales, of which the construction of a pool of entries and the screening of the entries according to classical measurement theory and item response theory is an approach that has emerged in recent years.  
CONCLUSION: According to the specific target population and diversified measurement objectives, the content of osteoporosis-specific quality of life scales has become increasingly streamlined, with fewer dimensions and entries overall; and its building procedure is gradually becoming more standardized.

Key words: quality-of-life scale, osteoporosis, specific, systematic review, primary osteoporosis, postmenopausal osteoporosis, quality of life, scale

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