Identify the Risk Factors of Osteoporosis Knowledge and Practices Regarding Prevention of Osteoporosis among Postmenopausal and Postmenopausal With Breast Cancer Women in Selected Tertiary Care Hospital

Abstract

Background: Osteoporosis is defined as a decline in bone strength that raises the risk of fracture.Because the number of people in this area is so much higher than those in the osteoporosis range. Morethan 50% of the all the fractures among postmenopausal women, including hip fractures, occur in thisgroup with low density. Due to the lack of awareness about osteoporosis, many post - menopausalwomen do not take preventative actions to protect the osteoporosis.Materials and Methods: The study was conducted using an evaluative method and a non-probabilitypurposive sampling technique. The study was conducted as a descriptive one. A tertiary care hospitalwas chosen for the investigation. 50 postmenopausal women 25 postmenopausal women and 25 postmenopausalwomen with breast cancer), they were included in the study.Result : 14 (28.0%) were between the ages of 46 and 50 years. The high risk was 4 (16.0 %) and themoderate risk was 21(84.0 %) in women with breast cancer. The high risk is 1 (4.0 %) in women withoutca – breast cancer, and the moderate risk is 4 (96.0 %). The majority of postmenopausal women withbreast cancer had average knowledge, with 12 (48.0 %) having an average knowledge, 14 (56.0 %) hadaverage knowledge, and 10 (40.0%) had poor knowledge.The knowledge for postmenopausal womenwithout breast cancer (36.0%) were poor. 3 (12.0%) had good knowledge, whereas 2 (8.0%) had goodknowledge. The overall mean percentage is (40.1%). The majority of postmenopausal women withbreast cancer 18 (72.0%) and 20 (80.0%) had moderate practises for osteoporosis prevention, whereaspostmenopausal women without breast cancer had moderate practises. The overall mean percentage is(58.1%)Conclusion:The findings suggest that an awareness campaign should be conducted among womenduring the post-menopausal period to prevent complications arising due to osteoporosis.