Table 2.
Distribution | Response Frequency (%) | |||||||
Item | mean | SD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
1 | Drug treatments can help to build strong bones | 3.49 | 0.66 | 0.1 | 8.5 | 33.6 | 57.6 | 0.1 |
2 | You would feel good about taking drug treatments to prevent osteoporosis | 3.14 | 0.91 | 1.0 | 31.8 | 19.9 | 46.7 | 0.6 |
3 | Drug treatments can cut down the chances of broken bones | 3.45 | 0.67 | 0.2 | 9.2 | 35.9 | 54.3 | 0.3 |
4 | You would feel good about taking drug treatments to prevent broken bones | 3.14 | 0.92 | 1.3 | 31.9 | 19.3 | 47.0 | 0.6 |
5 | You would consider taking drug treatments to prevent osteoporosis | 3.31 | 0.88 | 0.5 | 26.1 | 16.3 | 56.6 | 0.6 |
6 | You would consider taking drug treatments to prevent broken bones | 3.31 | 0.88 | 0.5 | 25.9 | 16.3 | 56.7 | 0.6 |
7 | Drug treatment for osteoporosis cost too much* | 2.58 | 0.59 | 0.3 | 46.5 | 48.3 | 4.7 | 0.1 |
8† | You are taking too many* medications | 2.17 | 0.72 | 10.4 | 71.3 | 9.6 | 8.5 | 0.1 |
9† | You have stomach problems that limit your ability to take drug treatment | 2.13 | 0.47 | 0.7 | 89.9 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 0.1 |
10‡ | Taking drug treatments would upset your every day routine | 2.32 | 0.65 | 0.5 | 75.9 | 14.7 | 8.7 | 0.2 |
11 | If your doctor advised you to, you would take drug treatments to prevent broken bones | 3.64 | 0.62 | 0.2 | 6.3 | 23.2 | 69.5 | 0.8 |
12 | If your doctor told you that you were at high risk, you would consider taking drug treatments to prevent osteoporosis | 3.81 | 0.64 | 0.3 | 4.8 | 15.5 | 72.6 | 6.8 |
13 | If your doctor told you that you were at high risk, you would consider taking drug treatments to prevent broken bones | 3.81 | 0.64 | 0.3 | 4.6 | 15.8 | 72.4 | 6.8 |
1 = strongly disagree, 2 = disagree, 3 = neutral, 4 = agree, 5 = strongly agree.
* Underlined words may be value-laden or vague.
† Item has poor discriminative ability, i.e., >80% of respondents disagree (disagree or strongly disagree) with the statement.
‡ Data available for 870 participants.