巴基斯坦女医学院新生关于骨质疏松症的知识、信仰和做法。

Q1 Medicine
Asia Pacific Family Medicine Pub Date : 2017-09-18 eCollection Date: 2017-01-01 DOI:10.1186/s12930-017-0036-4
Muhammad Bilal, Abdul Haseeb, Aleena Zehra Merchant, Abdur Rehman, Mohammad Hussham Arshad, Maarij Malik, Asad Hammad Ur Rehman, Pallavi Rani, Emaan Farhan, Taha S Rehman, Umer Sultan Shamsi, Sadia Aminah
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背景:骨质疏松症是世界范围内日益严重的健康问题。骨质疏松性骨折的发病率不断增加,加上普通社区对该疾病缺乏了解,这意味着该疾病正在不断增加卫生部门和普通人群的负担。这项研究的目的是评估卡拉奇女医学院新生对骨质疏松症的知识、态度和做法。方法:对陶氏健康科学大学(DUHS)和真纳信德医科大学(JSMU)的400名女医学院新生进行了描述性横断面研究。预验证问卷,骨质疏松知识评估工具(OKAT),分发给参与者。还分发了一份食物频率问卷,以确定钙的摄入量。两组学生的比较采用描述性统计和卡方检验,分析采用SPSS(20.0)软件。结果的p值:参与者的平均年龄为19.4±1.2岁。只有8.0%的参与者在骨质疏松知识方面得分良好,而大多数参与者(49.0%)得分较差。感知易感性很低,只有14.0%的参与者认为他们有患骨质疏松症的高风险。钙的RDA等于或大于每天700毫克,只有29.0%的参与者满足,尽管他们对摄入富含钙的饮食有很高的动机。运动水平、持续时间和建议的运动类型都不足。只有12.0%的参与者按照建议的指导方针进行锻炼。此外,只有5.5%的受试者参与了改善骨骼健康的明确行为。结论:参与者拥有的疾病知识不足,也没有充分应用于预防措施。骨质疏松症的预防措施严重缺乏。这主要是由于对骨质疏松症的严重性认识不足。因此,这项研究强调迫切需要认识到与疾病有关的做法和态度。此外,它可能对未来有关骨质疏松症的实践和信念的研究具有至关重要的意义。
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Knowledge, beliefs and practices regarding osteoporosis among female medical school entrants in Pakistan.

Background: Osteoporosis is a growing health problem around the world. The increasing incidence of osteoporotic fractures coupled with the lack of knowledge about the disease in the general community means that the disease is continuously increasing the burden on health sector and the general population. The purpose of the study is to assess knowledge, attitudes and practices about osteoporosis among female medical school entrants in Karachi.

Methods: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted amongst 400 female medical school entrants of DOW University of Health Sciences (DUHS) and Jinnah Sindh Medical University (JSMU). A pre validated questionnaire, Osteoporosis Knowledge Assessment Tool (OKAT), was distributed amongst the participants. A food frequency questionnaire was also distributed to determine calcium intake. Descriptive statistics and Chi square test were used to compare the two groups of students with SPSS (20.0) being utilized for analysis. A p value of <0.05 was considered as significant.

Results: The mean age of the participants was 19.4 ± 1.2 years. Only 8.0% of the participants had a good score pertaining to knowledge about osteoporosis whereas majority of the participants (49.0%) had a poor score. Perceived susceptibility was low as only 14.0% of the participants believed that they were at a high risk for osteoporosis. The RDA for calcium was equal to or greater than 700 mg per day which was met by only 29.0% of the participants despite of the high motivation towards consuming a calcium rich diet. Exercise levels were insufficient in terms of both, duration and the recommended type of exercise. Only 12.0% of the participants engaged in exercises according to the recommended guidelines. Moreover, only 5.5% subjects were involved in definitive behaviors to improve bone health.

Conclusions: Participants possessed an insufficient knowledge of the disease and that too was not adequately applied in preventative practices. There is a serious lack of adoption of preventative practices for osteoporosis. This was primarily due to little appreciation of the seriousness of osteoporosis. Hence, this study highlights the dire need for awareness about practices and attitudes related to the disease. Furthermore, it could be of paramount importance to future studies conducted on practices and beliefs related to osteoporosis.

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