Family Resilience and Fear of Disease Recurrence in Elderly OVCF Patients and Spouses: A Cross-Lagged Actor-Partner Interdependence Model Analysis.

Introduction With the aging society, the incidence of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures in the elderly has also shown an increasing trend. 1 Imaging diagnoses reveal that the prevalence of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures increases significantly with age, from about 15% in women aged 50 and above, to a peak of up to 36.6% in women over 80. 2 As the main treatment method, percutaneous kyphoplasty (PKP) relieves symptoms, restores vertebral height, and improves patient prognosis, and is widely used in clinical practice. 3 , 4 However, PKP can only improve the affected vertebrae.

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The partner effect was partially significant, and fear of disease recurrence in patients and their spouses could positively predict fear of disease recurrence in the next stage.

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