Assessment of Awareness and Knowledge about Osteoporosis in Relation to Health Prevention among Patients Treated in Osteoporosis Clinics
Agnieszka Barańska,
Bartłomiej Drop,
Urszula Religioni
et al.
Abstract:The increasing incidence of osteoporosis indicates that the disease is a serious public health problem, with about 200 million people being affected worldwide. The aims of this research are to assess the awareness and knowledge about osteoporosis in relation to risk factors, health condition, supplementation used, socio-demographic factors and other variables among osteoporosis patients. The study was conducted in 2016–2018 in osteoporosis clinics in Poland. The study involved 312 patients with a diagnosis of … Show more
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