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. 2015 Dec 31;2015(2):13. doi: 10.5339/qmj.2015.13

Table 5.

Level of knowledge according to demographics and disease history

Knowledge level P-value

Very good Good Moderate/low

(n = 29) (n = 44) (n = 20)

Age (years)

(mean ±  SD) 62.10 ± 10.77 64.07 ± 8.91 63.60 ± 11.86 0.718

Age group

 ≤ 60 years 11 (36.7%) 12 (40.0%) 7 (23.3%) 0.608

>60 years 18 (28.6%) 32 (50.8%) 13 (20.6%)

Gender

Male 4 (57.1%) 1 (14.3%) 2 (28.6%) 0.380

Female 25 (29.1%) 43 (50.0%) 18 (20.9%)

Marital status

Single 4 (66.7%) 2 (33.3%) 0.663

Married 23 (28.7%) 41 (51.2%) 16 (20.0%)

Widowed 2 (40.0%) 2 (40.0%) 1 (20.0%)

Divorced 1 (50.0%) 1 (50.0%)

Education

None 2 (10.5%) 11 (57.9%) 6 (31.6%) 0.009

Elementary/intermediate 7 (12.5%) 11 (56.3%) 7 (28.0%)

High school 2 (28.0%) 9 (44.0%) 5 (31.3%)

University/graduate 18 (54.5%) 13 (39.4%) 2 (6.1%)

Years since osteoporosis diagnosis

0–3 years 3 (18.8%) 7 (43.8%) 6 (37.5%) 0.575

3–5 years 8 (28.6%) 16 (57.1%) 4 (14.3%)

More than 5 years 18 (36.7%) 21 (42.9%) 10 (20.4%)

History of fractures

Yes 11 (36.7%) 13 (43.3%) 6 (20.0%) 0.733

No 18 (28.6%) 31 (49.2%) 14 (22.2%)

Family history of osteoporosis

Yes 10 (34.5%) 13 (43.3%) 7 (23.3%) 0.868

No 19 (65.5%) 31 (49.2%) 13 (20.6%)