Chosen risk factors for osteoporosis and the level of knowledge about the disease in peri- and postmenopausal women

Janiszewska, Mariola; Kulik, Teresa; Dziedzic, Małgorzata; Żołnierczuk-Kieliszek, Dorota

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“…Our results indicate a positive association between knowledge scores and education level as well as total family monthly income. A similar association between education, socio-economic status and knowledge scores has been reported by other studies ( 32 – 34 ) . The positive influence of sociodemographic factors indicates that education and socio-economic status are important factors that should be considered while designing osteoporosis awareness programmes, especially in India.…”

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Low knowledge of osteoporosis and its risk factors in urban Indian adults from Pune city, India

Kadam¹,

Chiplonkar²,

Khadilkar³

et al. 2019

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ObjectiveTo assess knowledge of osteoporosis and its risk factors and to explore associations between knowledge and various sociodemographic factors in Indian adults.DesignCross-sectional study. The Revised Osteoporosis Knowledge Test (OKT) was used to assess knowledge of osteoporosis. Four scores (OKT-total, range 0–32; OKT-exercise, range 0–20; OKT-nutrition, range 0–26; OKT-risk factors, range 0–14) were generated by giving 1 point to every correct answer and 0 points for incorrect or ‘not known’ answers.SettingTertiary-care hospital in Pune city, India.ParticipantsAdults aged 40–75 years (n477; 234 males) enrolled through voluntary routine health checks and health camps.ResultsMean age of the study population was 54·6 (sd9·5) years. Half the participants were aware of osteoporosis and could correctly define it. Women showed significantly higher median OKT-total and OKT-nutrition scores than men (P<0·05). Those with higher education and higher socio-economic status had significantly higher scores in both men and women (P<0·05). All four scores were significantly higher in both men and women who could correctly define osteoporosis (P<0·05). All four scores were significantly higher in women with a family history of osteoporosis (P<0·05) but not in men (P>0·1).ConclusionsUnderstanding about osteoporosis and its risk factors is low in the present cohort of Indian men and women. There is need to create awareness programmes aimed at both men and women especially targeting those with lower education, lower socio-economic status and no previous exposure to osteoporosis.

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Low knowledge of osteoporosis and its risk factors in urban Indian adults from Pune city, India

Kadam¹,

Chiplonkar²,

Khadilkar³

et al. 2019

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“…In the study of Okumuş et al (17) on 100 women, it was found that the level of knowledge about osteoporosis was insufficient. Considering the studies abroad; In the study of Janistewska et al (18) with 300 women aged 45-65, the average score of the participants in the OKT nutrition group was found to be 9.27, which was below the average we obtained in our study. However, the average score of the exercise group (13.93) and the average score of the total score (15.71) were higher than our study.…”

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Evaluation of osteoporosis knowledge level of women who applied to the family medicine outpatient clinics of a university hospital

OCAK

PEKER

Dağdeviren

2023

Journal of Health Sciences and Medicine

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Aim: This study aimed to assess the knowledge, attitude, and behavior of women aged 18–45 years toward osteoporosis. Material and Method: A total of 368 females (average age:32.59±7.58) who applied to the family medicine outpatient clinics between 15 May 2016 and 15 August 2016 participated in this study. Participants completed the revised osteoporosis knowledge test, which contained 12 socio-demographic questions. Results: The average score for participants in the exercise subgroup was found to be 9.56±3.62 out of 20; the average score for the nutrition subgroup was 12.86±4.17 out of 26, and the average total score was 15.08 ± 4.82 out of 32. In general, the average score of participants was found to be 50% percent or less of the maximum scores of each subgroup of the questionnaire. This result suggests that women have inadequate knowledge about osteoporosis. Participants’ level of knowledge of osteoporosis was related to their education levels, occupational groups, and smoking status. High educational levels of participants correlated with high average scores (p

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“…On the other hand, the results of the research performed on 300 Polish women aged 45-65 obtained by Janiszewska et al . [28] showed that 41.7% of the examined women had sufficient knowledge about tobacco smoking as an osteoporosis risk factor. Alarming conclusions were presented by Wahba et al .…”

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Men’s knowledge about osteoporosis and its risk factors

Janiszewska

Żołnierczuk-Kieliszek

Kulik

et al. 2016

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IntroductionUntil recently osteoporosis was seen mainly as a woman’s problem. However, in the last ten years there has been rising awareness in society that osteoporosis constitutes an inseparable element of getting old for men as well. The aim of the research was to evaluate men’s knowledge about osteoporosis and its risk factors contributing to the development of the disease.Material and methodsThe study included 205 men aged 20-60. The examined men were patients of selected healthcare centres in Lublin Voivodeship. The study was conducted between September 2014 and April 2015. The research was performed by means of the survey method, using a poll technique. Purposive sampling and an original questionnaire were used. Gathered material was subjected to descriptive and statistical analysis. The Mann-Whitney U test and Kruskal-Wallis test were applied. The statistical significance level was set at α = 0.05. IBM SPSS Statistics software was used to perform the statistical analysis.ResultsThe respondents’ level of knowledge about osteoporosis and its risk factors can be estimated as average. The polled men showed better knowledge on osteoporosis risk factors (M = 59.78) than general osteoporosis knowledge (M = 53.71). Significant differences were found between the respondents’ education and their general osteoporosis knowledge as well as between the respondents’ living conditions and their knowledge about osteoporosis risk factors.ConclusionsBecause of the insufficient level of knowledge about osteoporosis and its risk factors in the male population it is advisable to launch prevention programmes aimed at men focusing on this issue.

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Chosen risk factors for osteoporosis and the level of knowledge about the disease in peri- and postmenopausal women

Cited by 10 publications

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Low knowledge of osteoporosis and its risk factors in urban Indian adults from Pune city, India

Low knowledge of osteoporosis and its risk factors in urban Indian adults from Pune city, India

Evaluation of osteoporosis knowledge level of women who applied to the family medicine outpatient clinics of a university hospital

Men’s knowledge about osteoporosis and its risk factors

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