Table 4.

Assessment of osteoporosis related practice among professional and academic postgraduate students in orthopaedics (N = 97)

Q&A	Professional degree	Academic degree	Total	p Value
Have you ever seen an osteoporosis case?
Yes	50(90.9%)	37(88.1%)	87(89.7%)	0.742
No	5(9.1%)	5(11.9%)	10(10.3%)
Have you ever examined and diagnosed an osteoporosis case?
Yes	34(61.8%)	12(28.6%)	46(47.4%)	0.001*
No	21(38.2%)	30(71.4%)	51(52.6%)
How frequently do you offer advice to older patients about preventing osteoporosis?
Always	26(47.3%)	18(42.9%)	44(45.4%)	0.645
Sometimes	15(27.3%)	12(28.6%)	27(27.8%)
Occasionally	6(10.9%)	8(19.0%)	14(14.4%)
Never	8(14.5%)	4(9.5%)	12(12.4%)

(p values below 0.05 were considered statistically significant, *p < 0.05)