The experience of feeling old after a fragility fracture.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateApproval for this secondary analysis was received by the Research Ethics Board of St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto (REB# 17–172). All methods were carried out in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and the relevant guidelines and regulations set by the Research Ethics Board at Unity Health Toronto. Informed consent was obtained from all participants included in the study. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests."

"Funding Funding for the primary studies was provided by the Dean’s Fund, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto and the following grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research: CGA-86802; IMH-102813; CBO-109629; MOP-119522; and MOP-136934. Joanna Sale was in part, funded by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Osteoporosis Strategy. Views expressed are those of the researchers and not the Ministry. The authors acknowledge with thanks support from the Brookfield Partners Foundation through the Brookfield Chair in Fracture Prevention."