Attitudes and knowledge about osteoporosis risk prevention: a survey of New Zealand women

The purpose of this study was to investigate the knowledge and health beliefs regarding osteoporosis risk factors of New Zealand women aged 20-49 years. A descriptive, web-based survey. An opportunistic sample of 622 women aged between 20 and 49 years living in Auckland, New Zealand was recruited by...

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Published in:Public health nutrition 2007-07, Vol.10 (7), p.747-753
Main Authors: von Hurst, Pamela R, Wham, Carol A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Age Factors
Age groups
Attitude to Health
Attitudes
attitudes and opinions
Behavior
Bone health
Calcium
Calcium, Dietary - administration & dosage
Child development
Cholesterol
diet-related diseases
dietary mineral supplements
dietary minerals
Disease prevention
Ethnicity
Exercise
Exercise - physiology
Female
Food
Health Behavior
Health beliefs
Health Education
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Health promotion
human nutrition
Humans
Knowledge
Mean
Middle Aged
New Zealand
Nutrition
nutrition knowledge
Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis - epidemiology
Osteoporosis - prevention & control
Osteoporosis - psychology
Physical fitness
Public health
Questionnaires
Risk Factors
Surveys
Surveys and Questionnaires
Vitamin deficiency
women
Women's Health
Womens health
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Summary:The purpose of this study was to investigate the knowledge and health beliefs regarding osteoporosis risk factors of New Zealand women aged 20-49 years. A descriptive, web-based survey. An opportunistic sample of 622 women aged between 20 and 49 years living in Auckland, New Zealand was recruited by email. There was a moderate level of knowledge about osteoporosis risk factors among the women surveyed, with a mean total score for all subjects of 16.4 (standard deviation (SD) 4.0) out of a possible 26 correct responses. Mean scores for osteoporosis knowledge were statistically different by age group, with women aged 40-49 years scoring higher than those aged 30-39 years and 20-29 years (17.3 (SD 4.0), 16.4 (SD 4.1) and 15.8 (SD 3.9), respectively, P
ISSN:1368-9800
1475-2727
DOI:10.1017/S1368980007441477