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. 2021 Jul 30;62(2):E415-E420.
doi: 10.15167/2421-4248/jpmh2021.62.2.1738. eCollection 2021 Jun.

Osteoporosis guideline awareness among Iranian nurses: results of a knowledge and attitudes survey

Hamideh Mahdaviazad  1 , Vahid Keshtkar  1 , Mohammad Jafar Emami  2 , Zeinab Kargarshouroki  2 , Amir Reza Vosoughi  2
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Osteoporosis guideline awareness among Iranian nurses: results of a knowledge and attitudes survey

Hamideh Mahdaviazad et al. J Prev Med Hyg. .

Abstract

Introduction: Osteoporosis is a chronic and progressive disease associated with gradual bone loss and elevated risk of fracture. Role of health care professional especially nurses in lowering burden of osteoporosis via patients and public education is critical. Current study conducted to evaluate knowledge and attitude regarding osteoporosis among the nurses in orthopedic wards and their experience with national clinical osteoporosis guideline.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted from August to December 2016 among all nurses in orthopedic ward of hospitals affiliated to Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. The 23- item self-administered scale consisted of knowledge and attitude questions were used. Moreover, data regarding participation in osteoporosis training courses and awareness of the national osteoporosis clinical guideline were collected as a measure of nurses' experience with guideline. The gathered data were analyzed using SPSS (V. 16), student t-test was used to compare total knowledge and attitude scores between categorical demographic and professional data. Pearson test was used to calculate the correlation between total knowledge and attitude scores and years of practice. A p-value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.

Results: From total of 160 nurses, 143 of them completed the questionnaire (response rate: 89.3%). The total mean ± SD knowledge and attitude scores were 11.60 ± 3.10 and 3.47 ± 0.92 respectively. Six nurses (4.2%) had participated in osteoporosis training courses after graduation, and 39 (27.3%) had been aware of the national osteoporosis clinical guideline. Knowledge and attitude scores among nurses who practice in private hospitals was higher than those practices in the teaching hospitals. These differences were statistically significant based on student t-test. According to Pearson correlation coefficient, there was positive and significant correlation between nurses' knowledge and attitude score (Correlation coefficient: 0.199, p-value = 0.037).

Conclusion: Our findings reveal that nurses' knowledge and attitude regarding osteoporosis was not satisfactory. Most of them were not aware of national osteoporosis clinical guideline and had not participated in osteoporosis training courses after their graduation. We need more empowered nurses to lowering burden of osteoporosis and its consequences in the future.

Keywords: Beliefs; Knowledge; Osteoporosis; Prevention; Screening.

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Conflict of interest statement The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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