Disease perception and awareness investigation of secondary osteoporosis in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary in Urumqi
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-4246.2012.10.003
- VernacularTitle:乌鲁木齐地区慢性阻塞性肺疾病患者对继发骨质疏松的认知度调查
- Author:
Zhen GAO
;
Yong LU
;
Asila AILIJIANG
;
Zhenfeng LIU
;
Jing JING
;
Dan XU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Urumqi;
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease;
Osteoporosis;
Awareness
- From:
International Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2012;34(10):873-875
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
ObjectiveTo evaluate perception and awareness of disease knowledge in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in rural area of Urumqi city.MethodsA survey was made to collect 121 patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in out-patient and hospitalization of Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University in 2011.Questionnaire data were coded and entered into Microsoft EpiDate by two persons independently,with SPSS 17.0 version statistical package was used for statistical analysis.ResultsAmong 121 sampling subjects,104 participants completed the questionnaire qualifiedly.Among these patients,Male occupied 65.4％ (68/104),female occupied 34.6％ (36/104).Patients who know that post-menopausal women were easier to suffer osteoporosis totaled 42 cases (40.38％),patients who know that bedridden persons were easier to suffer osteoporosis totaled 42 cases (40.38％),patients who know that female was more likely to suffer than male totaled 65 cases (62.5％),who think the disease is related to the gender totaled 76 cases (73.08％),who think it is unlikely to develop osteoporosis after fracture healing totaled 13 cases (12.5％).Patients who do not think hat low back pain is the common manifestation of osteoporosis totaled 23 cases (22.12％),Patients who do not think hump and fracture are the common osteoporosis performance totaled 14 cases (13.46％) and 4 cases (3.85％) ; patients who know that osteoporosis is often accompanied by bone spurs totaled 33 cases (31.3％),patients who know that bone mineral density is a reasonable detection of osteoporosis totaled 62 cases (59.61％).Patients who know about alendronate phosphate (such as Fosamax,etc.) totaled 12 cases (11.76％),patients who know that commonly used TCM medicines for treating osteoporosis are Eucommia and Epimedium totaled 5 cases (4.90％).ConclusionCOPD is prone to cause osteoporosis,but patients are lacking the awareness of osteoporosis.
