34129

OSTEOPROSIS AMONG MENOPAUSAL WOMEN AND NURSING IMPLICATIONS

Article

Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

Subjects

-

Tags

-

Abstract

Objectives: The aim of this study was to examine the impact of nursing implications (educational program on their knowledge) for osteoporosis among menopausal women. Subject and Methods: The study was carried out in the rheumatic and rehabilitation outpatients' clinic at Mansoura University Hospital at Mansoura city using a quasi-experimental (pre & post test) design.  The subjects of the study were 120 menopausal women attending the rheumatic and rehabilitation outpatients' clinic at Mansoura University Hospital and being diagnosed as positive for osteoporosis.  Data were collected using one tools devised specifically for the study. Results: The results revealed that there was a significant improvement in the women' knowledge score about osteoporosis especially definition, causes, signs and symptom, risk factors, intervention, diagnosis and management meanwhile, the scores in the follow up (after 3 months) tend to decline. Conclusion: Educational program has a significant and improvement impact on the menopausal women's knowledge regarding osteoporosis that tends to decline with the progress of time. Recommendations: Further research is required to investigate the effect of counseling program for osteoporotic women on their quality of life.

DOI

10.21608/pssjn.2015.34129

Keywords

Osteoprosis, menopausal women, Nursing Implications

Authors

First Name

Fatma

Last Name

Farahat

MiddleName

Zaky Mohamed

Affiliation

Maternity, Gynecology & Obstetrics Nursing Faculty of Nursing Port Said University

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

Volume

2

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

5698

Issue Date

2015-06-01

Receive Date

2019-06-09

Publish Date

2015-06-01

Page Start

20

Page End

36

Print ISSN

2356-8658

Online ISSN

2682-3241

Link

https://pssjn.journals.ekb.eg/article_34129.html

Detail API

https://pssjn.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=34129

Order

2

Type

Original Article

Type Code

866

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Port Said Scientific Journal of Nursing

Publication Link

https://pssjn.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

OSTEOPROSIS AMONG MENOPAUSAL WOMEN AND NURSING IMPLICATIONS

Details

Type

Article

Created At

22 Jan 2023