Tomay Aksoy Öykü, Kutluk Öznur, Sezer İlhan
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Korkuteli State Hospital, Antalya, Türkiye.
Department of Rheumatology, Antalya Training and Research Hospital, Antalya, Türkiye.
Arch Rheumatol. 2024 Jul 2;39(3):411-418. doi: 10.46497/ArchRheumatol.2024.10171. eCollection 2024 Sep.
The aim of this study was to investigate the levels of knowledge and awareness of osteoporosis (OP) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
The cross-sectional study included 100 RA patients (26 males, 74 females; mean age: 51±11 years; range, 28 to 67 years) who had not been diagnosed with OP and a control group of 50 healthy subjects (16 males, 34 females; mean age: 53±11 years; range, 29 to 70 years) between February 2022 and June 2022. The demographic data of age, sex, and education level of all the participants were recorded. Disease duration and the drugs used were recorded for the RA patients. The revised Osteoporosis Knowledge Test and the Osteoporosis Health Belief Scale questionnaires were completed by the participants.
There was no significant difference determined between the RA patients and the control group in OP knowledge levels. A positive correlation was determined between education level and OP knowledge level and between disease duration and OP awareness level. RA patients with a family history of OP, those in the postmenopausal period, and those using biological disease-modifying drugs thought they were at risk of OP at a higher rate.
While the levels of knowledge and awareness of OP were determined to be similar in the RA patients and the control group, the vast majority of RA patients did not know that they were at risk of developing OP. In addition, when the data obtained in this study are taken into consideration, there appears to be a need for health strategies such as educational programs and informing RA patients about OP.
本研究旨在调查类风湿关节炎（RA）患者对骨质疏松症（OP）的知识水平和认知情况。
这项横断面研究纳入了2022年2月至2022年6月期间100例未被诊断为OP的RA患者（26例男性，74例女性；平均年龄：51±11岁；范围28至67岁）以及50名健康对照者（16例男性，34例女性；平均年龄：53±11岁；范围29至70岁）。记录了所有参与者的年龄、性别和教育水平等人口统计学数据。记录了RA患者的病程和使用的药物。参与者完成了修订后的骨质疏松症知识测试和骨质疏松症健康信念量表问卷。
RA患者和对照组在OP知识水平上无显著差异。教育水平与OP知识水平以及病程与OP认知水平之间存在正相关。有OP家族史、处于绝经后阶段以及使用生物改善病情药物的RA患者认为自己患OP风险较高的比例更高。
虽然RA患者和对照组在OP知识和认知水平上相似，但绝大多数RA患者不知道自己有患OP的风险。此外，考虑到本研究获得的数据，似乎需要开展教育项目等健康策略，并告知RA患者有关OP的情况。
