The relationship of actual height loss with health-seeking behaviors and risk factors in perimenopausal and menopausal women
| Autor: | Jill M. Konfrst, Janice J. Twiss, Jenda Stauffer, Annette L. Dillon, Audrey Paulman |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Osteoporosis Health Behavior Pilot Projects Risk Factors Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Humans Risk factor General Nursing Aged Climacteric Health seeking Anthropometry business.industry Middle Aged Height loss medicine.disease Body Height Menopause Arm span Physical therapy Female business Demography Tape measure |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. 14(3) |
| ISSN: | 1041-2972 |
| Popis: | Purpose To explore whether there is a difference in the perceived height and actual height in the perimenopausal or menopausal woman and discover the difference's effect on osteoporosis health-seeking preventive behaviors and risk factor awareness. Data Sources Sixty-three perimenopausal and menopausal women, aged 45–70 years, who presented three Midwestern clinics for their annual physical exam. Data were collected with The Osteoporosis Questionnaire, which included the Osteoporosis Risk Questionnaire, Health- O-Meter height measuring stick, tape measure with inch-rule for arm span measurements, and balance scale for weight. Conclusions There were a significant relationship between actual height loss and osteoporosis risk factors (r= 0.41595, p=0.0007) and a trend for a relationship between adjusted height loss and osteoporosis risk factors (r=0.2407, p=0.0574). Implications For Practice Due to the great expense of current testing for bone mass density loss, the results of this study may help clinicians more readily identify markers for increased risk of osteoporosis through simple height measurements and osteoporosis risk factor assessments during annual visits. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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