Influence of multi-disciplinary team health education on knowledge-attitude-practice for non-osteoporosis patients

Abstract

Objective To explore influence of multi-disciplinary team health education on knowledge-attitude-practice for non-osteoporosis patients. Methods A total of 70 patients without osteoporosis from two different wards of a tertiary hospital in Hangzhou were selected by convenience sampling method and divided into control group (n=35) and observation group (n=35). The control group was given osteoporosis health education only by nurses, while the observation group received osteoporosis health education by multi-disciplinary team including nurses, doctors, nutritionists and medical experts of endocrinology. The osteoporosis knowledge, health belief, self-efficacy and daily intake of calcium were evaluated before and after health education in hospital, one month and three months after health education. Results A total of 33 subjects in control group and 34 subjects in observation group completed the study. The differences in osteoporosis knowledge, self-efficacy and daily intake of calcium between two groups were statistically significant at different time points (P<0.05). After health education, the scores of osteoporosis knowledge, health belief, self-efficacy and daily intake of calcium in two groups were higher than before (P<0.05), while all of them declined one month and three months after health education. The indexes in observation group were better than those in control group one month after health education, the differences were statistically significant (P<0.05). The indexes except health belief in observation group were better than those in control group three months after health education, the differences were statistically significant (P<0.05). Conclusions The multi-disciplinary team osteoporosis health education in hospital can improve the osteoporosis knowledge, health belief, self-efficacy and daily intake of calcium. Key words: Osteoporosis; Health education; Multi-disciplinary team