Knowledge and Awareness Regarding Osteoporosis Among A Selected Community of Miri, Sarawak

Osteoporosis is one of the diseases concerned and has been identified as having a significant increase in the progression of aging in the world. The incidence of total hip fracture cases associated with osteoporosis is expected to increase because of the rise in the prevalence of the elderly as an e...

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Main Authors: Yee , Bit-Lian, Agatha Christeeble Padang, Goh, Lay-Khim, Saedah Muda
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author Yee , Bit-Lian
Agatha Christeeble Padang,
Goh, Lay-Khim
Saedah Muda,
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Goh, Lay-Khim
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description Osteoporosis is one of the diseases concerned and has been identified as having a significant increase in the progression of aging in the world. The incidence of total hip fracture cases associated with osteoporosis is expected to increase because of the rise in the prevalence of the elderly as an effect on high life expectancy and good health services quality. Therefore, the main objective of this study is to investigate level of knowledge and awareness of osteoporosis among public in Sarawak, Malaysia. This cross-sectional study was conducted to 224 public respondents. We used questionnaire on knowledge, attitude and practices by Tripathi and colleagues. Result of this study indicated that demographic variables gender and educational level had significant association with level of knowledge among public but not for the age, races, marital status, occupational and household income variables. In conclusion, this study revealed that most respondents presented with high knowledge with high level of awareness regarding osteoporosis disease. It is recommended that to be continued the effort by local authority regarding health promotion on issues surrounding osteoporosis. (Abstract by authors)
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spelling my.oum.14822022-08-08T02:50:37Z Knowledge and Awareness Regarding Osteoporosis Among A Selected Community of Miri, Sarawak Yee , Bit-Lian Agatha Christeeble Padang, Goh, Lay-Khim Saedah Muda, RA Public aspects of medicine RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine RT Nursing Osteoporosis is one of the diseases concerned and has been identified as having a significant increase in the progression of aging in the world. The incidence of total hip fracture cases associated with osteoporosis is expected to increase because of the rise in the prevalence of the elderly as an effect on high life expectancy and good health services quality. Therefore, the main objective of this study is to investigate level of knowledge and awareness of osteoporosis among public in Sarawak, Malaysia. This cross-sectional study was conducted to 224 public respondents. We used questionnaire on knowledge, attitude and practices by Tripathi and colleagues. Result of this study indicated that demographic variables gender and educational level had significant association with level of knowledge among public but not for the age, races, marital status, occupational and household income variables. In conclusion, this study revealed that most respondents presented with high knowledge with high level of awareness regarding osteoporosis disease. It is recommended that to be continued the effort by local authority regarding health promotion on issues surrounding osteoporosis. (Abstract by authors) 2022 Article PeerReviewed https://talenta.usu.ac.id/IJNS/article/view/8809 Yee , Bit-Lian and Agatha Christeeble Padang, and Goh, Lay-Khim and Saedah Muda, (2022) Knowledge and Awareness Regarding Osteoporosis Among A Selected Community of Miri, Sarawak. Caring: Indonesian Journal of Nursing Science , 4 (1). pp. 24-38. https://library.oum.edu.my/repository/1482/
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Yee , Bit-Lian
Agatha Christeeble Padang,
Goh, Lay-Khim
Saedah Muda,
Knowledge and Awareness Regarding Osteoporosis Among A Selected Community of Miri, Sarawak
title Knowledge and Awareness Regarding Osteoporosis Among A Selected Community of Miri, Sarawak
title_full Knowledge and Awareness Regarding Osteoporosis Among A Selected Community of Miri, Sarawak
title_fullStr Knowledge and Awareness Regarding Osteoporosis Among A Selected Community of Miri, Sarawak
title_full_unstemmed Knowledge and Awareness Regarding Osteoporosis Among A Selected Community of Miri, Sarawak
title_short Knowledge and Awareness Regarding Osteoporosis Among A Selected Community of Miri, Sarawak
title_sort knowledge and awareness regarding osteoporosis among a selected community of miri, sarawak
topic RA Public aspects of medicine
RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
RT Nursing
url https://talenta.usu.ac.id/IJNS/article/view/8809
https://library.oum.edu.my/repository/1482/
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