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. 2011 Sep 15;2011:197454. doi: 10.4061/2011/197454

Table 2.

Mean scores for osteoporosis self-efficacy subscales of descriptive studies.

Osteoporosis self-efficacy subscale scores (mean and SD)
Author, year Gender, sample size, and age Self-efficacy calcium Self-efficacy exercise Total scored
Bogoch et al., 2008a Men and women, n = 114, mean age men 65.02 (SD 10.06) yrs and women 64.79 (SD 13. 54) yrs. 65.9 (26.9) 81.6 (16.9) NR
Doheny et al., 2007c Men, n = 226, age 50-plus; Women, n = 218, ages 50–65 yrs. Men: 462.9 (111.6) Men: 453.4 (128.7)* NR
Women: 460.6 (127.0) Women: 402.0 (138.0)
Doheny et al., 2010c Men, n = 196, mean age 65.84 (SD 9.25) yrs. 77.0 (17.7) 75.6 (20.6) NR
Elliott et al., 2006a Men, n = 28 and women, n = 66, mean age 45 (SD 12.9) yrs. Men: 67.4 (27.4) Men: 73.3 (24.0) NR
Women: 71.9 (26.7) Women: 63.4 (25.4)
Estok et al., 2007c Women, n = 203, mean age 56.65 (SD 3.93) yrs. 459.6 (128.5) 402.6 (138.6) NR
Gammage et al., 2009b Men, n = 176 and women, n = 351 ages 17–21 yrs. Men: 75.4 (19.0) Men: 84.5 (13.9) NR
Women: 73.5 (18.3) Women: 77.8 (15.1)
Sedlak et al., 2000a Men, n = 138, 65-plus yrs (58% 65–75 yrs) 67.7 (24.6) 66.9 (25.1) NR
Swaim et al., 2008a Women, n = 187, mean age 75.4 (SD 6.5) 69.4 (28.8) 76.7 (23.8) NR
Wallace et al., 2002a,f Women, n = 273; Low CA/EX group (n = 99) and high CA/EX group (n = 38), mean age 28.34 (SD 10.23) yrs Low CA/EX: 60.6 (22.2) Low CA/EX: 48.5 (26.6) NR
High CA/EX: 79.9 (18.6)* High CA/EX: 83.8 (14.6)*
Ziccardi et al., 2004c Men (n = 11) and women (n = 183) college sophomores (n = 86) and seniors (n = 108), mean age 22.8 yrs for sophomores, 24.8 yrs for seniors Sophomores: 406.9 Sophomores: 367.3 Sophomores: 774.2
Seniors: 438.5 Seniors: 412.1* Seniors: 850.5*

a12-item subscale used; score ranges from 0 to 100.

b21-item subscale used; score ranges from 0 to 100.

c12-item subscale used; score ranges from 0 to 600.

dRange of total score for 12-item and 21-item questionnaire is 0 to 1200 and 0 to 2100, respectively.

eExperimental study, but reported only descriptive results of entire study population for OSES.

fLow CA/EX: low calcium intake (<1200 mg/day) and exercise (<90 min/wk), high CA/EX: high calcium intake (≥1200 mg/day) and exercise (≥90 min/wk).

Note: SD: standard deviation, DXA: dual X-ray absorptiometry, NA: not assessed in the study, NR: not reported.

*Significant difference (P < 0.05) between groups.