Research Center for Health Sciences, Institute of Health, Department of Health Promotion, School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Department of Epidemiology, School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
BMC Womens Health. 2023 Mar 23;23(1):124. doi: 10.1186/s12905-023-02282-7.
Osteoporosis, as the most common metabolic disease and the leading cause of death among older people, affects more than 200 million women throughout the world. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of a health communication campaign on knowledge, attitude, and practice of older women towards prevention and control of osteoporosis.
In this multi-stage mixed methods study, 30 days' health communication campaign for prevention of osteoporosis was conducted on 60- 75-year-old women, in rural areas of Fasa, Iran. Subjects were divided into two groups, control (n = 103) and intervention (n = 98). Data were collected using a researcher-made questionnaire and analyzed by SPSS 25.0. The significance level was set at < 0.05.
Inter-group group analysis revealed that the mean scores of knowledge, attitude, and practice were not significantly different between the two groups before the intervention, but after the intervention, unlike the behavior (P = 0.569), mean scores of knowledge (p < 0.001) and attitude (p < 0.001) of the intervention group were significantly more than the control group. Intra-group comparisons showed that, unlike the control group, the mean scores of knowledge (p < 0.001), attitudes (p < 0.001), and behavior (P < 0.001) increased significantly in the intervention group.
Health communication campaign is an effective way to change the knowledge and attitude and to a lesser extent the practice of the eldery toward prevention and control of osteoporosis.
骨质疏松症是最常见的代谢性疾病，也是老年人死亡的主要原因，全球有超过 2 亿女性受到影响。本研究旨在评估骨质疏松症预防健康传播活动对老年女性知识、态度和预防控制行为的影响。
在这项多阶段混合方法研究中，对伊朗法萨农村地区 60-75 岁的老年女性进行了为期 30 天的骨质疏松症预防健康传播活动。将受试者分为对照组（n=103）和干预组（n=98）。使用研究者自制的问卷收集数据，并使用 SPSS 25.0 进行分析。显著性水平设为<0.05。
组间分析显示，干预前两组的知识、态度和行为的平均得分无显著差异，但干预后，与行为（P=0.569）不同，干预组的知识（p<0.001）和态度（p<0.001）的平均得分明显高于对照组。组内比较显示，与对照组不同，干预组的知识（p<0.001）、态度（p<0.001）和行为（P<0.001）的平均得分显著增加。
健康传播活动是改变老年人预防和控制骨质疏松症的知识和态度的有效途径，对行为的影响则相对较小。
