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Awareness of Osteoporosis in the Parsi Community

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Author	Dabholkar, Dr. Tejashree Dabholkar, Ajit
Copyright Year	2017
Abstract	Background: Osteoporosis is a medical condition in which the bone becomes brittle due to hormonal changes or deficiency of calcium or vitamin D. The Parsi community is a micro-minority community. The Parsi community showed strong association with osteoporosis. Objectives: The objective of this study is to assess awareness level about osteoporosis in Parsi community and to identify risk factors of osteoporosis and awareness related to it in Parsi community. Methods: This is a community based cross sectional survey done in the Parsi community in the age group of 16 years and above on 50 subjects. The data was collected by direct method with the help of a self-prepared and validated questionnaire and simple percentage has been used for calculating the awareness level in the study. Results: In the study it was found that younger and middle aged population were more aware about the term osteoporosis and females had better knowledge about it comparatively. Questions related to risk factors of osteoporosis, important components of building bones, sources of calcium and vitamin D to assess the awareness of subjects and it was observed that subjects had a good knowledge about the term osteoporosis, important risk factors, calcium and vitamin D being important components of bones and about sources of calcium. Conclusion: The study revealed that there is an overall good knowledge about osteoporosis in the Parsi community. The high literacy rate in this micro community plays an important role in the awareness level about osteoporosis.
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Language	English
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Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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