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ArticleOsteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA2024

Effect of educational intervention on preventing osteoporosis in postmenopausal women.

S Najafi, F Mohammadkhah, M M Ebrahimi, P A Harsini, A Khani Jeihooni

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Article in Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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S NajafiDepartment of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran.
F MohammadkhahDepartment of Community Health, Child Nursing and Aging, Ramsar School of Nursing, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran.
M M EbrahimiDepartment of Public Health, School of Health, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran.
P A HarsiniDepartment of Public Health, School of Health, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
A Khani JeihooniNutrition Research Center, Department of Public Health, School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. khani_1512@yahoo.com.
Fasa University of Medical Sciences · IRBabol University of Medical Sciences · IRKermanshah University of Medical Sciences · IRShiraz University of Medical Sciences · IR

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Abstract

In the experimental group, the average scores of knowledge, constructs of theory of planned behavior, nutrition, and walking had a significant enhancement compared to the control group after the educational intervention. After the intervention, the value of the lumbar spine bone mineral density T-score in the experimental group increased, while in the control group, it decreased.

introductionOsteoporosis is a global public health problem currently affecting millions of people worldwide and in Iran. This study was conducted to assess the effect of an educational intervention based on the theory of planned behavior on the prevention of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women.

methodsThis quasi-experimental study was performed on 160 women aging over 50 who were referred to health centers in Fasa City, Iran, in 2019. A simple random sampling method was applied to assign the participants into control and intervention groups (80 participants for each group). Data were gathered by questionnaires arranged based on the constructs of the theory of planned behavior, nutrition performance, and walking performance. The educational intervention included seven 50-minute educational sessions. The obtained data were analyzed using SPSS 22 software and Chi-square test, independent T-test, and paired T-test, and the significance level was considered 0.05.

resultsThe mean ages of the studied participants in the experimental and control groups were 59.18 ± 6.56 and 57.92 ± 5.70, respectively. In the experimental group, the average scores of knowledge, constructs of the theory of planned behavior, nutrition performance, and walking performance had a significant enhancement compared to the control group one year after the intervention (p < 0.001). At 12 months after the intervention, the value of the lumbar spine bone mineral density T-score in the experimental group increased, while in the control group, it reduced (p < 0.001).

conclusionsThe theory of planned behavior affected nutrition and walking performance in osteoporosis prevention of subjects. This theory can be used as a framework for designing and performing educational interventions for preventing osteoporosis and promoting women's health.

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Health EducationOsteoporosisFemaleHumansLumbar VertebraePostmenopauseWalkingBehaviorEducationOsteoporosisWomen

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