Table 4.

Attitude of total participants

Variable	Attitude towards the disease
	Agree (%)	Not specified (%)	Disagree (%)
I think that I am susceptible to get osteoporosis
Total	242 (35.4)	267 (39.1)	174 (25.5)
I think that calcium rich food prevents osteoporosis
Total	618 (90.5)	49 (7.2)	16 (2.3)
I think that exercise prevents osteoporosis
Total	598 (87.6)	63 (9.2)	22 (3.2)
I think that osteoporosis cannot be cured
Total	161 (23.6)	166 (24.3)	356 (52.1)
I think that fractures caused by osteoporosis may cause disability
Total	302 (44.2)	218 (31.9)	163 (23.9)