Correlation between BMD Level and Preventive Osteoporotic Practice among Menopausal Women

Abstract

Introduction: According to Asian Audit Report 2009, Osteoporosis is the most emerging health problem

among Asians. Rapid bone loss occurs when menopause is attained. It is found to be the greatest in the early

stage of postmenopausal period. The objectives of the study were: assess the BMD level and preventive

osteoporotic practice among menopausal women, find out the correlation between BMD level and preventive

osteoporotic and to find the association between BMD levels with selected demographic variables. Lifestyle

practices like adequate exposure to sunlight, regular exercise and appropriate diet proves to have positive

impact on bone health among menopausal women. These measures prove to be safe and cost-effective.

Promoting and maintaining health of women by educating them to adopt healthy lifestyle practices is role

of an advanced nurse practitioner. Therefore, the investigator was interested in preparing an information

booklet on preventive practices for osteoporosis among menopausal women.

Method: Non-experimental research approach was used and the design selected for the study was cross

sectional survey. Sample comprised of 100 menopausal women attending orthopaedic OPD at K.S Hegde

hospital, Deralakatte, Mangaluru. Convenience sampling technique was used to select the samples. Data

was collected from 05/09/2018- 28/12/2018 by using demographic performa, BMD level and osteoporotic

preventive practice checklist. The collected data were entered systematically in the SPSS for data analysis.

Results: The results of the study shows that the P value of chi square test for association between BMD level

with demographic variables such as age (0.000), total number of children (0.005), age at menopause (0.003)

and source of information (0.000) are at 0.05 level of significance. Hence the research hypothesis interpreted

that there is significant association between BMD level with selected demographic variables.

Conclusion: The measures adopted by menopausal women to achieve and sustain an optimum level of

bone health vary from individual to individual, community to community and country to country. The nurse

practitioner has a primary responsibility of enhancing the knowledge, positive attitude, good health status

among menopausal women.