骨质疏松症和维生素D摄入:不同阿拉伯国家的知识和实践
Aalaa Saleh1, Farah Shibli2, Jad El Masri2,3,4
1Faculty of Medical Sciences, Lebanese University, Hadath Campus, Beirut, Lebanon. aalaasaleh.16@gmail.com.
Archives of osteoporosis
|June 21, 2023
概括
关于骨质疏松症和维生素D实践的知识在中东和北非 (MENA) 地区中等. 提高意识和查计划对于更好的骨健康实践至关重要.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 内分泌学 在内分泌学.
- 骨的新陈代谢 骨的新陈代谢
背景情况:
- 骨质疏松症是一种普遍的骨疾病,通常在骨折发生之前无症状.
- 维生素D缺乏会加剧骨矿化问题,增加骨质疏松症的风险.
- 中东和北非 (MENA) 地区的骨质疏松症和维生素D缺乏率很高,尽管阳光充足.
研究的目的:
- 评估有关骨质疏松症的知识和与维生素D相关的做法.
- 确定骨质疏松症知识与维生素D实践之间的相关性.
- 为了评估几个中东和北非国家的这些因素.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及600名来自黎巴嫩,叙利亚,埃及,巴勒斯坦,伊拉克,约旦和沙特阿拉伯的参与者的横截面研究.
- 使用骨质疏松知识评估工具 (OKAT) 来衡量骨质疏松意识.
- 使用实践对维生素D (PTVD) 的规模来评估与维生素D相关的行为.
主要成果:
- 67.14%的参与者对骨质疏松症有适度的了解,42.31%的参与者对维生素D有适度的了解.
- 更高的知识与年龄较小,女性性别,叙利亚国籍,单身身份,研究生教育和医疗保健就业有关.
- 在老年人,男性,埃及人,已婚参与者和受教育程度较低的参与者中观察到更好的维生素D实践.
- 互联网是信息的主要来源.
- 在充分的骨质疏松知识和改善的维生素D实践之间发现了显著的正相关性 (p < 0.001).
结论:
- 在被研究的MENA人口中,中等水平的骨质疏松知识和维生素D实践是常见的.
- 加强骨质疏松症知识与更好的维生素D实践直接相关.
- 建议加强宣传活动和查计划的实施,以改善骨健康结果.
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