Effect of Health Promotion Program on Improving Physical Activity among Post- Menopausal Women with Osteoporosis | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 71, Volume 10, Issue 1, March 2019, Pages 939-953 PDF (359.93 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2019.251348 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Sheren Eid Bayome; Nadia Mohamed Fahmy; Randa Mohamed Ebrahim | ||
| Maternity & Gynecological Nursing Department Faculty of Nursing Ain Shams University. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Aim: This study was aimed to investigate the efficacy of health promotion program on improving physical activity among post - menopausal women with osteoporosis. Research design: quasi-experimental intervention study design was used. Setting: this study conducted at women’s health center in Nasser institute hospital in Egypt. Subjects: simple random sampling technique was used to recruit 100 post- menopausal women diagnosed with osteoporosis in the study. Tools of data collection: three tools were used for data collection; an interviewing questionnaire sheet, Osteoporosis Knowledge Test, and global physical activity questionnaire. Results: There is no statistical significant difference between post-menopausal women in both groups regarding their socio-demographic characteristics. There was a statistical significant improvement on total level of knowledge and physical activity regarding osteoporosis after intervention and at follow up (p= 0.001). Conclusion: The findings of the current study supported the hypothesis of this study which stated that application of health promotion program had positive effect on improving physical activity among post-menopausal women with osteoporosis. Recommendation: based on the finding of the current study the following recommendation is suggested application of physical activity program for post-menopausal women with osteoporosis to prevent osteoporosis complication. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Osteoporosis; Post- menopausal women; Health promotion; Physical activity | ||
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