PMID- 16797149
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20070227
LR  - 20131121
IS  - 0378-5122 (Print)
IS  - 0378-5122 (Linking)
VI  - 56
IP  - 1
DP  - 2007 Jan 20
TI  - Knowledge of osteoporosis correlated with hormone therapy use and health status.
PG  - 21-9
AB  - OBJECTIVES: The study objectives were: (a) to evaluate knowledge about 
      osteoporosis and to identify its correlates among women > or =40 years of age 
      attending outpatient centers; (b) to compare the level of knowledge between women 
      already receiving treatment for osteoporosis and first-time attendees. METHODS: A 
      cross-sectional survey was conducted with women recruited from nine outpatient 
      centres in the Czech Republic. The women were divided into two subgroups: 
      patients who have already been diagnosed with osteoporosis (osteopenia) and who 
      are receiving treatment for the disease (OS group); first-time attendees who have 
      been referred for the assessment of osteoporosis (comparison group). The 
      patient's knowledge of osteoporosis was assessed using the Osteoporosis 
      Questionnaire (OPQ) developed by Pande et al. [Pande KC, Takats D, Kanis JA, 
      Edwards V, Slade P, McCloskey EV. Development of a questionnaire (OPQ) to assess 
      patient's knowledge about osteoporosis. Maturitas 2000;37:75-81]. RESULTS: A 
      total of 474 women (median age 63 years) were studied (306 in the OS group, 168 
      in the comparison group). Knowledge scores based on OPQ (median) were 7 and 6 
      points in the OS and comparison groups, respectively. When adjusted for age, the 
      statistics showed better knowledge patients in the OS group (P=0.019). In both 
      the OS and comparison groups, knowledge was found to be correlated positively 
      with education (P<0.001) and experience of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) 
      (P<0.001) and negatively with age (P<0.001). Knowledge was higher among women 
      with better health status in the OS group. CONCLUSION: Knowledge about 
      osteoporosis among Czech women aged > or =40 years and attending outpatient 
      centers is relatively poor. To improve it, special attention should be paid to 
      elderly women, those who have not used HRT, poorly educated women and those 
      treated with several drugs.
FAU - Vytrisalova, Magda
AU  - Vytrisalova M
AD  - Department of Social and Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec 
      Kralove, Charles University in Prague, Heyrovskeho 1203, 500 05 Hradec Kralove, 
      Czech Republic. magda.vytrisalova@faf.cuni.cz
FAU - Kubena, Ales
AU  - Kubena A
FAU - Vlcek, Jiri
AU  - Vlcek J
FAU - Palicka, Vladimir
AU  - Palicka V
FAU - Hala, Tomas
AU  - Hala T
FAU - Pavelka, Karel
AU  - Pavelka K
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Multicenter Study
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20060621
PL  - Ireland
TA  - Maturitas
JT  - Maturitas
JID - 7807333
RN  - 1406-16-2 (Vitamin D)
RN  - SY7Q814VUP (Calcium)
SB  - IM
MH  - Aged
MH  - Aged, 80 and over
MH  - Bone Density
MH  - Calcium/therapeutic use
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Czech Republic
MH  - *Estrogen Replacement Therapy
MH  - Female
MH  - *Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
MH  - *Health Status
MH  - Health Surveys
MH  - Humans
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal/drug therapy/*psychology
MH  - Outpatients
MH  - Patient Education as Topic
MH  - Vitamin D/therapeutic use
EDAT- 2006/06/27 09:00
MHDA- 2007/02/28 09:00
CRDT- 2006/06/27 09:00
PHST- 2006/02/06 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2006/05/11 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2006/05/12 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2006/06/27 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2007/02/28 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2006/06/27 09:00 [entrez]
AID - S0378-5122(06)00195-2 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.maturitas.2006.05.005 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Maturitas. 2007 Jan 20;56(1):21-9. doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2006.05.005. Epub 
      2006 Jun 21.