Knowledge Regarding Osteoporosis and Its Prevention among Non-Medical Academic Females

Abstract

Background: Osteoporosis is a growing health problem in countries with a rapidly expanding aging population especially among women. Satisfactory knowledge and practices regarding osteoporosis will encourage women to adopt measures to protect their bone health. A quasi-experimental one group pre-test post-test study aimed to assess the effectiveness of awareness program on knowledge and practices regarding osteoporosis and its prevention among non-medical academic females Fayoum University. The sample was consisting of 120 pre-menopausal female by using purposeful sampling technique. The tool was used as structured knowledge questionnaire. The pretest was conducted, and the planned teaching program was administered. The posttest was conducted after one week. The data obtained were analyzed by using differential and inferential statistics. The mean score of post-test knowledge 31.9 ±3.9 (58.3%)was apparently higher than the mean score of pre-test knowledge 17.5 ± 5.5 13 (83.3%) which ensures that the planned teaching program was effective in increasing the knowledge of the non-medical academic females regarding osteoporosis and its prevention. Moreover, the mean difference between pre-test and post-test knowledge score was found to be highly significant.