Günümüzde önemli bir halk sağlığı sorunu olan osteoporoz, kemik kırılganlığının ve kırık
olasılığının artması ile karakterize yaygın bir iskelet sistemi hastalığıdır. Bu araştırmada …

The aim of this study is to evaluate the awareness, perception, sources of information, and
knowledge of osteoporosis in a sample of rural Turkish women, to examine the factors …

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the levels of osteoporosis knowledge and self-
efficacy and the related factors. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted with 419 …

Aim: This descriptive-relational study aims to identify osteoporosıs health belief, knowledge
level and risk factors in individuals whose bone mineral density was required. Method …

Background. Preventive measures including patient education can reduce hip fractures
related to osteoporosis. Sometimes osteoporosis can be diagnosed with fractures or with a …

Ozturk a & Sendirm (2011) Journal of Nursing and Healthcare of Chronic Illness3, 319–328
Evaluation of knowledge of osteoporosis and self‐efficacy perception of female orthopaedic …

Osteoporosis (OP) is a chronic progressive disease, it is a major public health problem; it is
estimated to affect 200 million women worldwide and causes more than 8.9 million fractures …

The aim of this study was to investigate the knowledge, health beliefs and the knowledge
sources of osteoporosis in Turkish males who are at risk of secondary causes of …

Background: Most women are unaware of the risk factors for osteoporosis (OP). In an effort
to prevent the development of OP, women need to have a raised awareness on this issue …

OBJECTIVES: The social and economic burden of osteoporosis is important since it
concerns a continuously aging population, while the disease is silent until the emergence of …