Open AccessOSTEOPENIA AND OSTEOPOROSIS;
Author(s) -
Zahid Masood,
Sumera Shahzad,
Saqib Ali,
Khizer Ashraf
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/2014.21.03.2130
Subject(s) - osteopenia , medicine , osteoporosis , residence , marital status , heel , bone mineral , population , physical therapy , dentistry , gerontology , demography , environmental health , sociology , anatomy
Objective: Osteopenia and osteoporosis are one of the main health concerns ofPakistani females now days. Our objective was to study the frequency of osteopenia andosteoporosis among females in the Faisalabad and its suburbs. Material and Methods: Studywas initiated after approval of Ethical Review Committee. It was an observational cross sectionalstudy conducted by the Department of Community Medicine, University Medical & DentalCollege Faisalabad in a private sector university of Faisalabad city and a private clinic in People’scolony, Faisalabad. Study included a total of 600 women. Convenient sampling was done. Studywas conducted from 1st January 2013 to 30th September 2013 in six different sessions. Age,marital status, education, socio-economic status (SES), occupation, parity and residence werevariables of interest. Bone Mineral Density (BMD) was tested using calcaneal quantitativeultrasound machine and right heel of participant. Machine converted the BMD values into TScore.According to the recommendations of World Health Organization (WHO) participant wasconsidered normal, osteopenic and osteoporotic. SPSS version 16 for windows was used toanalyze data. Results were considered significant if p - value was 0.05). 69.88%married females were osteopenic and 43.22% unmarried females were osteopenic (p < 0.001).Conclusions: In our study frequency of osteopenia and osteoporosis was significantly high in allage groups. There is need for large-scale population-based studies using calcaneal quantitativeultrasound or DEXA scan to assess the prevalence of osteopenia and osteoporosis in thecommunity. Further health education with special reference to balanced diet should be impartedto target population.