Open AccessANALYSIS OF FACTORS RELATED TO THE EVENT OF OSTEOPOROSIS IN WOMEN
Author(s) -
Rachmawaty M. Noer,
Mira Agusthia,
Jaspirgon Jaspirgon
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
jurnal vokasi keperawatan
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2721-6799
pISSN - 2654-511X
DOI - 10.33369/jvk.v3i2.13304
Subject(s) - osteoporosis , medicine , incidence (geometry) , chi square test , descriptive statistics , postmenopausal women , cross sectional study , family medicine , gerontology , physical therapy , statistics , physics , mathematics , pathology , optics
Increasing age is associated with an increased risk of osteoporosis. With increasing age, bone growth will decrease. From the information above, there are still many women who are affected by osteoporosis, but still do not know about the factors that cause osteoporosis itself, this is supported by researchers interviewing 10 women, of which 6 women are less aware of osteoporosis prevention, 6 women respond unfavorably to prevention of osteoporosis. Meanwhile, 4 other women said they already knew osteoporosis prevention after experiencing osteoporosis. 6 women said about their habit of rarely exercising, 4 other women had a healthy lifestyle after experiencing osteoporosis. This study aims to determine the factors associated with osteoporosis. The design of this study is descriptive quantitative with a cross sectional approach with the sampling method in this study is total sampling. The sample in this study consisted of 31 women with osteoporosis at the Embung Fatimah Hospital in Batam City and the data were analyzed using the chi-square test. The results showed that there was a relationship between respondents' knowledge of the incidence of osteoporosis in the Embung Fatimah Hospital, Batam City, there was a relationship between the respondents' attitudes towards the incidence of osteoporosis at the Embung Fatimah Hospital, Batam City, there was a relationship between the respondents' lifestyle and the incidence of osteoporosis at the Embung Fatimah Hospital, Batam City. From the analysis, it was found that the value of the determinant coefficient (Adjusted R Square) = 0.312 means that 31.2% of the factors of knowledge, attitude and lifestyle can be explained about the incidence of osteoporosis.