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Awareness of working women regarding

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Osteoporosis is a progressive skeletal disease that affects hundreds of millions of people worldwide, predominantly postmenopausal women. The aim of this study: was to assess the awareness of working women toward osteoporosis. Research design: A descriptive research design was utilized in this study. Setting: This study was conducted in Benha University Administration. The sample: A simple random sample was used to choose 200 women. Two instruments were used. Instrument one: Social characteristics of the sample structured interview questionnaire, medical history, knowledge andpractices of the studied sample. Instrument two: Osteoporosis risk factors checklist. Results: ages of 37% of the studied women from 30-40 years old, women who had no knowledge about osteoporosis were 41%, women who had satisfactory practices were 69.5%. Conclusion: many women had poor total knowledge about osteoporosis and poo total practice.  Recommendations: Health educational program should be developed and implemented for all women to increase their awareness regarding prevention of osteoporosis.

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10.21608/menj.2019.153124

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Osteoporosis, Risk factors and Working women

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Asmaa

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Sayed

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Hanna

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Abd EL-Meged

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Amina

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Mahmoud

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4

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22496

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2019-05-01

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2019-03-02

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2019-05-01

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45

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63

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2735-3974

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2735-3982

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Menoufia Nursing Journal

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Awareness of working women regarding

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23 Jan 2023