An investigation on the awareness of osteoporosis among community doctors
- VernacularTitle:社区医生骨质疏松症相关知识调查
- Author:
Li-Hua GUO
1
;
Ru-Ying HU
;
Jie-Ming ZHONG
;
Ming ZHAO
;
Min YU
Author Information
1. 浙江省疾病预防控制中心
- Keywords:
Community doctor;
Osteoporosis;
Knowledge
- From:
Journal of Preventive Medicine
2016;28(10):981-983
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To analysis the awareness of community doctors on the knowledge of osteoporosis and to provide suggestions for conducting pertinent training for community doctors.Methods The design of questionnaire was based on the Osteoporosis Knowledge Questionnaire (OKT)and the Guideline of Diagnosis and Treatment of Osteoporosis in 2011.A total of 170 community doctors were investigated.Results The score of community doctors about osteoporosis was 29. There was 83.80% of community doctors who knew osteoporosis related knowledge well.However,there was 15.49% of community doctors'knowledge about osteoporosis that was not good enough.The most of community doctors got full score in the part of prevention knowledge with 52.82%.The most of community doctors failed in the part of treatment knowledge with 12.68%.The score of osteoporosis knowledge in different gender and title had no statistical significance (P >0.05). Conclusion It is necessary to strengthen community doctors's awareness about osteoporosis.
