Singh’s index accuracy with dexa scan for evaluation of osteoporosis

Objective: to compare singh’s index accuracy versus dexa scan in diagnosing osteoporosis in post-menopausal women. material & methods: this was a cross-sectional study,conducted in the department of orthopaedics,northwest general hospital & research centre,peshawar,pakistan,involving 120 post-menopausal women at northwest general hospital & research centre,peshawar,from june 2015 to december 2015. all patients had x-ray pelvis and dexa scan was done. results: there was ‘slight agreement’ between dexa scan and singh index on the basis of kappa statistics (.088). mean age was 62.91 ± 9.6 sd. chi-square value was 1.106,p-value was 0.293 which was not significant. conclusion: singh index assessment for osteoporosis is not reliable and can not be a valid substitute for dexa scan. © 2016,khyber medical college. all rights reserved.