DXA toolkit (reporting): template and recommendations

Introduction:

Two resources (links below) to improve quality and understanding of DXA scans, and patient experience

Gold Standard DXA reporting template to be used by DXA reporters when reporting DXA scans

Recommendations to improve understanding of DXA scans, produced from the INDEX consensus study for  DXA providers

These resources were developed as part of the INDEX study at Keele University. The INDEX study explored patient and healthcare professional understanding about bone density scans. Each resource was developed to address common gaps in patient and health professional understanding about bone density scans. 

Relevant SNOMED codes to include in reports:

391040000 | At increased risk of osteoporotic fracture

64859006 | Osteoporosis

42942008 | Compression fracture of vertebral column

Resource:

Template DXA report_INDEX_V1.1 24.7.26

Recommendations for providers 18.02.25

Underpinning, Research, Institution and Funder:

Keele, Royal Osteoporosis Society

Quality Checklist:

INDEX Bone density scan – Quality Checklist 010725 (1)

Related Information:

Many of these documents are included in the Royal Osteoporosis Society’s “Guideline for the provision of a clinical bone densitometry service” ros-bone-densitometry-service-guidelines-august-2025.pdf. 