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The effect of patient education on calcium intake in elderly men at risk for osteoporosis
Melissa A Foldi1, Myra T Belgeri, Horace M Perry
1Arnold and Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Long Island University, Brooklyn, New York 11201, USA. melissa.foldi@liu.edu
Objective:
To determine the effect patient education has on osteoporosis prevention and calcium intake has on elderly men who are at risk for developing osteoporosis.
Design:
This was a prospective study in which subjects completed a Men's Osteoporosis Risk Questionnaire and watched a video on osteoporosis prevention. Subjects were then divided into groups based on osteoporosis status and contacted one month later to complete a telephone survey.
Setting:
Geriatric ambulatory care clinic in the St. Louis Veteran's Affairs Medical Center.
Participants:
35 men over the age of 65.
Intervention:
Subjects watched a video on osteoporosis prevention.
Outcomes:
Primary outcome was change in calcium intake (total, dietary, and supplemental) in men at risk for osteoporosis. Secondary objectives were new diagnoses of osteoporosis; new fractures; effects on exercise, tobacco and alcohol use; and change from baseline calcium intake between at risk, diagnosed, and no risk for osteoporosis subjects.
Results:
After watching the educational video, 67% of the subjects increased the amount of calcium ingested, and 10% of the subjects began calcium supplementation.
Conclusions:
There were significantly more subjects meeting the RDA of calcium after watching the educational video.
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