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社區婦女對骨質疏鬆症知識與其影響因素分析研究
Knowledge of Osteoporosis among Women and Its Influencing Factors in Community
摘要
The primary purposes of this study focused on the knowledge of osteoporosis among women as well as the factors influencing that knowlege. A questionnaire was used to collect data through a face-to-face interview. A total of five hundred and ninty-five subjects aged over 40 years completed the questionnaire. Data analysis was performed by a personal computer with SPSS/PC+5.0. The results indicated the following. Most subjects rated their overall health as highly healthy to moderately healthy. In addition, most of the subjects felt themselves to be highly important to important in family status. 53.1% of the subjects play the role of decision maker in their families, and 52.6$ of the females perform the role of care-giver when their family members are sick. Nearly four-tenths (38.0%) of the subjects had never accepted the knowledge about osteoporosis. The major source of osteoporosis knowledge was from television, but just a few got theirs from health professionals. In knowledge scores, the highest average score was in ”Incidences of osteoporosis”, ”prevention of osteoporosis” was the second, and the lowest average score was in ”symptoms of osteoporosis”. Pearson's correlation and one-way ANOVA were used to analyze the relationships between knowledge and various independent variables. The results revealed fifteen independent variables had significant relationships with knowledge (p＜.05). According to stepwise multiple regression analysis, six variables (i.e., whether had accepted the knowledge about osteoporosis, health locus of control, socioeconomic status, age, occupational status, and educational level) were the optimal predictors of knowledge about osteoporosis and accounted for total variances of 46.4%
並列摘要
The primary purposes of this study focused on the knowledge of osteoporosis among women as well as the factors influencing that knowlege. A questionnaire was used to collect data through a face-to-face interview. A total of five hundred and ninty-five subjects aged over 40 years completed the questionnaire. Data analysis was performed by a personal computer with SPSS/PC+5.0. The results indicated the following. Most subjects rated their overall health as highly healthy to moderately healthy. In addition, most of the subjects felt themselves to be highly important to important in family status. 53.1% of the subjects play the role of decision maker in their families, and 52.6$ of the females perform the role of care-giver when their family members are sick. Nearly four-tenths (38.0%) of the subjects had never accepted the knowledge about osteoporosis. The major source of osteoporosis knowledge was from television, but just a few got theirs from health professionals. In knowledge scores, the highest average score was in ”Incidences of osteoporosis”, ”prevention of osteoporosis” was the second, and the lowest average score was in ”symptoms of osteoporosis”. Pearson's correlation and one-way ANOVA were used to analyze the relationships between knowledge and various independent variables. The results revealed fifteen independent variables had significant relationships with knowledge (p＜.05). According to stepwise multiple regression analysis, six variables (i.e., whether had accepted the knowledge about osteoporosis, health locus of control, socioeconomic status, age, occupational status, and educational level) were the optimal predictors of knowledge about osteoporosis and accounted for total variances of 46.4%