Premenopausal women life style as factor leading to osteoporosis

ABSTRACT

This is an descriptive study aimed at evaluate premenopausal women life style as factor leading to osteoporosis It was conducted at the bone density out patient clinic at Ain Shams University Hospital. It started in 24 December 2009 and was completed by 24 June 2010. The sample was consisted of [245] premenopausal woman using purposive sample technique according to the following criteria; age less than 45 years, still menstruate and have different religion, educational level and social standard and agreed to participate in the study. Two types of tools were used for data collection and conduction of the study. These consisted of woman's knowledge regard osteoporosis structured interviewing Arabic questionnaire sheet. And supportive material in the form of an educational Arabic booklet about life style for osteoporosis among premenopausal women. Results revealed that two-thirds of study sample [64.1%] in the age group 40-<45 years. They all lived in rural residence, and almost all of them were married [97.1%]. Slightly more than one third of the women were illiterate [34.7%], and about two-fifth were working [41.6%].Regarding total knowledge about the menopause and osteoporosis among women in the study sample ,results displayed that only slightly more than one-tenth of them [10.6%] had total satisfactory knowledge. Concerning dietary life style practices related to osteoporosis the results revealed that 83.7% of them reported taking calcium-rich food; only about half of them [53.1%] reported drinking milk. Also, only about one-third [33.5%] reported regularly eating dairy products. As for risky habits, only one woman [0.4%] reported smoking, and 70.6% reported regularly drinking soda. The vitamin D and calcium supplements were reported to be taken by only 1.2% and 5.3%, respectively. the present study draw attention to a critical point that that premenopausal women in the study sample have a marked deficiency in their knowledge regarding menopausal changes and osteoporosis. This is associated with a lack of adequate life style practices for minimizing osteoporosis. Therefore, the researchers recommend conduction of awareness women educational programs in different stage should concentrate on proper lifestyle as physical exercise, sun exposure and proper diet as well as faulty dietary habits and soda drinking that may protect them from the risk of osteoporosis