Quality of life measurements in patients with osteoporosis and fractures

To review all specific questionnaires regarding quality of life in osteoporosis and to describe their distinctive indications, we searched Medline, the Scientific Electronic Library Online database, and the Latin-American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature database. Nine specific questionnaires related to osteoporosis quality of life were found: 1) the Women's Health Questionnaire, 2) Osteoporosis Quality of Life Questionnaire, 3) Osteoporosis Assessment Questionnaire, 4) Osteoporosis Functional Disability Questionnaire, 5) Quality of Life Questionnaire of the European Foundation for Osteoporosis, 6) Osteoporosis-Targeted Quality of Life Questionnaire, 7) Japanese Osteoporosis Quality of Life Questionnaire, 8) the 16-item Assessment of Health-Related Quality of Life in Osteoporosis, and 9) the Quality of Life Questionnaire in Osteoporosis (QUALIOST TM). The Quality of Life Questionnaire of the European Foundation for Osteoporosis is the osteoporosis-specific questionnaire most commonly used in the literature. The Quality of Life Questionnaire of the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the Osteoporosis Quality of Life Questionnaire are targeted more toward fracture assessment, and the Osteoporosis Functional Disability Questionnaire can be used for longitudinal studies involving exercise. In the present study, the authors summarize all of the specific questionnaires for osteoporosis and demonstrate that these questionnaires should be selected based on the objectives to be evaluated. Osteoporosis-specific quality of life questionnaires should be validated in the language of the country of origin before being used.

Para além das osteoporose: experiências e modos de levar a vida de mulheres entre 50 e 59 anos / Going beyond osteoporosis experiences and ways of living life in women between 50 and 59 years

Este estudo apresenta uma análise compreensiva das experiências e modos de levar a vida de mulheres entre 50 e 59 anos, no intuito de refletir sobre a vivência do processo de envelhecer e adoecer diante da invisibilidade sintomática da osteoporose, apresentando como referência contextual um momento específico do curso de vida destas mulheres. A abordagem teórica e metodológica apóia-se na articulação entre a sociologia do cotidiano e das emoções para exploração e interpretação de trajetórias, marcadores sociais e modos de vida que se processam na dinâmica da vida cotidiana deste grupo sociocultural. Através de histórias pessoais, das socialidades nos contextos interativos e do significado do corpo como processo narrativo e simbólico, desvelam-se categorias subjetivas que ordenam a vida e as práticas sociais destas mulheres em seu processo de envelhecimento, apresentando-as como sujeitos além da sua doença (osteoporose). Utiliza-se a conceitualização sobre curso da vida a partir dos sistemas produtivo, social e político para orientar a compreensão das experiências e trajetórias de vida de mulheres nesta faixa etária. O corpo é apresentado como uma tradução de formas de comer, de cuidar e de outras atividades de vida diárias, mostrando valores simbólicos e de referência conceitual sobre formas de ser, estar e fazer, onde as emoções pautam-se em processos intersubjetivos e contextos sociais diversos. No campo investigativo e analítico, utilizou-se como instrumento empírico a sala de espera de um posto de saúde em Fortaleza e entrevistas individuais para coleta e análise de informações, no intuito de apresentar singularidades e similaridades que compõem suas experiências e modos de vida. As falas retrataram a experiência de um corpo doloroso não vinculado à osteoporose, mas a situações afetivas, sociais e financeiras precárias que circunscrevem o dia a dia.

Knowledge, Health Belief, and Self-efficacy Related to Osteoporosis / 간호학회지

PURPOSE: This research was conducted to examine the relationship of knowledge, health beliefs, and self-efficacy on osteoporosis. METHOD: The design of this study was a correlative design. The subjects were 1,615 Korean adults over the age of 20 registered in a new town and participants were asked to fill in a questionnaire developed by Kim, Horan & Gendler (1991), translated into Korean. RESULTS: 1) The subjects recorded an average score of 11.10 on osteoporosis knowledge. The average scores on the osteoporosis health beliefs was 15.68 for perceived susceptibility and the respondents recorded an average score of 40.40 for osteoporosis self-efficacy. 2) There were statistically significant differences in the degree of osteoporosis knowledge, self-efficacy and health belief according to gender, age, scholastic achievement, marital state, and jobs. 3) There were statistically significant positive correlations between osteoporosis knowledge and self-efficacy. CONCLUSION: According to these results, an osteoporosis education program improving not only knowledge but also self-efficacy and health beliefs should be developed and applied to decrease the perception of barriers to exercise and intake of calcium.