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Levels of Knowledge, Beliefs, and Practices Regarding Osteoporosis and the Associations with Bone Mineral Density among Populations More Than 40 Years Old in Malaysia

Osteoporosis is a skeletal disorder commonly found among the elderly, in which the bones become weak, brittle, and more susceptible to fracture. Adequate knowledge and positive attitude towards the disease and osteoprotective activities may prevent osteoporosis, but comprehensive studies to verify t...

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Autores principales: Chan, Chin Yi, Subramaniam, Shaanthana, Chin, Kok-Yong, Ima-Nirwana, Soelaiman, Muhammad, Norliza, Fairus, Ahmad, Ng, Pei Yuen, Jamil, Nor Aini, Abd Aziz, Noorazah, Mohamed, Norazlina
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6861980/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31731507
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16214115
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author Chan, Chin Yi
Subramaniam, Shaanthana
Chin, Kok-Yong
Ima-Nirwana, Soelaiman
Muhammad, Norliza
Fairus, Ahmad
Ng, Pei Yuen
Jamil, Nor Aini
Abd Aziz, Noorazah
Mohamed, Norazlina
author_facet Chan, Chin Yi
Subramaniam, Shaanthana
Chin, Kok-Yong
Ima-Nirwana, Soelaiman
Muhammad, Norliza
Fairus, Ahmad
Ng, Pei Yuen
Jamil, Nor Aini
Abd Aziz, Noorazah
Mohamed, Norazlina
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description Osteoporosis is a skeletal disorder commonly found among the elderly, in which the bones become weak, brittle, and more susceptible to fracture. Adequate knowledge and positive attitude towards the disease and osteoprotective activities may prevent osteoporosis, but comprehensive studies to verify this hypothesis are limited in Malaysia. This study aims to bridge the research gap by determining the levels of knowledge, beliefs, and practices regarding osteoporosis and their associations with bone mineral density (BMD) among men and women ≥ 40 years in Klang Valley, Malaysia. In this cross-sectional study, 786 Malaysians (382 men, 404 women) completed a questionnaire on knowledge, beliefs, and osteoprotective practices, and underwent BMD scan using a dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry device. The current study found moderate levels of knowledge and beliefs regarding osteoporosis but poor osteoprotective practices. Osteoporosis knowledge, beliefs, and practices were significantly different based on subjects’ demographic characteristics (p < 0.05). Osteoporosis knowledge and beliefs were correlated significantly with osteoprotective practices (p < 0.05). Bone health status of the subjects was associated positively with calcium supplement intake, and negatively with exercise barriers and smoking status of the subjects (p < 0.05). However, no significant correlation was noted between osteoporosis knowledge and bone health (p > 0.05). Conclusively, despite some correlations between individual components, the detachment between bone health knowledge and beliefs, and osteoprotective practices among Malaysians is apparent. Integrating all three components into a comprehensive osteoporosis prevention program is warranted.
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spelling pubmed-68619802019-12-05 Levels of Knowledge, Beliefs, and Practices Regarding Osteoporosis and the Associations with Bone Mineral Density among Populations More Than 40 Years Old in Malaysia Chan, Chin Yi Subramaniam, Shaanthana Chin, Kok-Yong Ima-Nirwana, Soelaiman Muhammad, Norliza Fairus, Ahmad Ng, Pei Yuen Jamil, Nor Aini Abd Aziz, Noorazah Mohamed, Norazlina Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Osteoporosis is a skeletal disorder commonly found among the elderly, in which the bones become weak, brittle, and more susceptible to fracture. Adequate knowledge and positive attitude towards the disease and osteoprotective activities may prevent osteoporosis, but comprehensive studies to verify this hypothesis are limited in Malaysia. This study aims to bridge the research gap by determining the levels of knowledge, beliefs, and practices regarding osteoporosis and their associations with bone mineral density (BMD) among men and women ≥ 40 years in Klang Valley, Malaysia. In this cross-sectional study, 786 Malaysians (382 men, 404 women) completed a questionnaire on knowledge, beliefs, and osteoprotective practices, and underwent BMD scan using a dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry device. The current study found moderate levels of knowledge and beliefs regarding osteoporosis but poor osteoprotective practices. Osteoporosis knowledge, beliefs, and practices were significantly different based on subjects’ demographic characteristics (p < 0.05). Osteoporosis knowledge and beliefs were correlated significantly with osteoprotective practices (p < 0.05). Bone health status of the subjects was associated positively with calcium supplement intake, and negatively with exercise barriers and smoking status of the subjects (p < 0.05). However, no significant correlation was noted between osteoporosis knowledge and bone health (p > 0.05). Conclusively, despite some correlations between individual components, the detachment between bone health knowledge and beliefs, and osteoprotective practices among Malaysians is apparent. Integrating all three components into a comprehensive osteoporosis prevention program is warranted. MDPI 2019-10-25 2019-11 /pmc/articles/PMC6861980/ /pubmed/31731507 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16214115 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Chan, Chin Yi
Subramaniam, Shaanthana
Chin, Kok-Yong
Ima-Nirwana, Soelaiman
Muhammad, Norliza
Fairus, Ahmad
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Jamil, Nor Aini
Abd Aziz, Noorazah
Mohamed, Norazlina
Levels of Knowledge, Beliefs, and Practices Regarding Osteoporosis and the Associations with Bone Mineral Density among Populations More Than 40 Years Old in Malaysia
title Levels of Knowledge, Beliefs, and Practices Regarding Osteoporosis and the Associations with Bone Mineral Density among Populations More Than 40 Years Old in Malaysia
title_full Levels of Knowledge, Beliefs, and Practices Regarding Osteoporosis and the Associations with Bone Mineral Density among Populations More Than 40 Years Old in Malaysia
title_fullStr Levels of Knowledge, Beliefs, and Practices Regarding Osteoporosis and the Associations with Bone Mineral Density among Populations More Than 40 Years Old in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Levels of Knowledge, Beliefs, and Practices Regarding Osteoporosis and the Associations with Bone Mineral Density among Populations More Than 40 Years Old in Malaysia
title_short Levels of Knowledge, Beliefs, and Practices Regarding Osteoporosis and the Associations with Bone Mineral Density among Populations More Than 40 Years Old in Malaysia
title_sort levels of knowledge, beliefs, and practices regarding osteoporosis and the associations with bone mineral density among populations more than 40 years old in malaysia
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6861980/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31731507
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16214115
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