Volume : 6, Issue : 8, August - 2017

A STUDY TO ASSESS THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE ON OSTEOPOROSIS AMONG ADULT WOMEN, IN A SELECTED AREA, KANCHIPURAM DISTRICT, TAMIL NADU.

Ms. U. Reshma Banu, Ms. S. Kanchana, Mrs. N. Thivya

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;</p> <h4 style="margin-right:-16.7pt;text-align:justify;line-height:200%;tab-stops:&#10;0in"><em><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;color:windowtext;&#10;font-style:normal">&ldquo;A study to assess the level of knowledge on osteoporosis among adult women.&rdquo; The objectives </span></em><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;&#10;line-height:200%;color:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;font-style:normal">of the</span></em><em><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;&#10;color:windowtext;font-style:normal"> study were </span></em><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;color:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:&#10;EN-US;font-style:normal">to </span></em><em><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:&#10;12.0pt;line-height:200%;color:windowtext;font-style:normal">&nbsp;assess the knowledge questionnaires of osteoporosis among adult women</span></em><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;&#10;line-height:200%;color:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;font-style:normal"> and</span></em><em><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;&#10;color:windowtext;font-style:normal"> to find out the association between level of knowledge on osteoporosis and selected demographi</span></em><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;color:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:&#10;EN-US;font-style:normal">c</span></em><em><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:&#10;12.0pt;line-height:200%;color:windowtext;font-style:normal"> variables of adult women. The sampling technique was simple random sampling technique with the sample of 70 adult women</span></em><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;&#10;line-height:200%;color:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;font-style:normal">. The</span></em><em><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;&#10;color:windowtext;font-style:normal"> structured interview schedule were used to assess the knowledge .The variables were assessing the level of knowledge of adult women on osteoporosis an extensive review of literature and guidance by experts formed the foundation to the development of questionnaires&rsquo;. The investigator used demographic variable P</span></em><em><span style="font-size:&#10;12.0pt;line-height:200%;color:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;font-style:&#10;normal">ro</span></em><em><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:&#10;200%;color:windowtext;font-style:normal">forma. The data collection tools were validated and reliability was established. The collected data was tabulated and analysed. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used. The mean value is 10.0714 and the standard deviation is 0.7873</span></em><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;color:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:&#10;EN-US;font-style:normal">. </span></em><em><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:&#10;12.0pt;line-height:200%;color:windowtext;font-style:normal">&nbsp;the study shows that 7.14% of the women are having adequate knowledge and 91.42% having moderately adequate knowledge and 1.42%&nbsp; having inadequate knowledge, </span></em><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;color:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:&#10;EN-US;font-style:normal">Regarding association </span></em><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; color: windowtext;">there was significant association between demographic variables (dietary pattern,martial status) and there was no significant association between demographic variables (age in years,age at menarche educational status, occupation, types of family, number of children, sources of information on osteoporosis and their knowledge score at p&lt;0.05</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; color: windowtext;">. S</span><em><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;color:windowtext;&#10;font-style:normal">o that health education for the women can be in corporate to improve the women&rsquo;s knowledge.</span></em><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; color: windowtext;"><o:p></o:p></span></h4>