尽管骨质疏松症和维生素D缺乏的患病率很高,在中东和北非(MENA)地区的一些国家,对骨质疏松症和维生素D相关实践的了解不多.通过提高认识运动和筛查计划提高知识对于加强与维生素D相关的实践至关重要。
目的:骨质疏松是最常见的骨骼疾病,通常保持沉默,直到骨折发生。维生素D缺乏会损害骨骼矿化并增加骨质疏松症的风险。尽管相对阳光明媚,中东和北非(MENA)地区的骨质疏松症和维生素D缺乏症患病率较高。本研究旨在评估MENA地区一些国家对骨质疏松症和维生素D相关实践的了解,并确定它们之间的相关性。
方法:在黎巴嫩进行了一项横断面研究,叙利亚,埃及,巴勒斯坦,伊拉克,乔丹,沙特阿拉伯。从每个国家,600名参与者被登记。调查包括四个部分:社会人口统计信息,既往病史,骨质疏松知识评估工具,以评估有关骨质疏松的知识,和实践维生素D量表,以评估维生素D相关的做法。
结果:我们的研究发现,67.14%的受访者对骨质疏松症有适度的了解,42.31%的受访者有适度的维生素D相关行为。据报道,年轻人的知识水平更高,女性,叙利亚人,单打,研究生,和医疗保健员工(p<0.05)。在老年人中检测到更好的维生素D相关做法,男性,埃及人,已婚,高中或以下文化程度(p<0.05)。互联网是列出最多的信息来源。充分的骨质疏松症知识与更好的维生素D相关实践相关(p<0.001)。
结论:大多数参与者,代表中东和北非地区的一些国家,显示了有关骨质疏松症和中度维生素D相关实践的中度知识。关于骨质疏松症的充分知识对于改善实践至关重要,因此,应该更频繁地实施提高认识运动和筛查计划。
Despite the high prevalence of osteoporosis and vitamin D deficiency, the knowledge about osteoporosis and vitamin D-related practices were moderate in some countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Improving knowledge through awareness campaign and screening programs is essential to enhance vitamin D-related practices.
Osteoporosis is the most common skeletal disease, which usually remains silent until fractures occur. Vitamin D deficiency impairs bone mineralization and increases the risk of osteoporosis. Despite being relatively sunny, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has a high prevalence of osteoporosis and hypovitaminosis D. This study aims to assess the knowledge about osteoporosis and vitamin D-related practices and to determine the correlation between them in some countries of the MENA region.
A cross-sectional study was performed in Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Palestine, Iraq, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia. From each country, 600 participants were enrolled. The survey included four sections: sociodemographic information, past medical history, Osteoporosis Knowledge Assessment Tool to assess the knowledge about osteoporosis, and Practice Towards Vitamin D scale to assess vitamin D-related practices.
Our study found that 67.14% of respondents had moderate knowledge about osteoporosis and 42.31% had moderate vitamin D-related practices. Higher knowledge level was reported in the young, females, Syrians, singles, postgraduates, and healthcare employees (p < 0.05). Better vitamin D-related practices were detected in the elderly, males, Egyptians, married, and high school or below educational level (p < 0.05). The Internet was the most listed source of information. Adequate osteoporosis knowledge was associated with better vitamin D-related practices (p < 0.001).
Most participants, representing some countries of the MENA region, displayed moderate knowledge regarding osteoporosis and moderate vitamin D-related practices. Adequate knowledge about osteoporosis is essential to improve practices, so awareness campaigns and screening programs should be more frequently implemented.