Abstract:
Osteoporosis is the most common physiological disorder among the people in Bangladesh and worldwide. The main objective of this study was to find out the level of knowledge, the presence of risk factors, the habitual patterns regarding osteoporosis screening among mass people in different areas of Bangladesh. In this study, data was collected from 300 mass people. Majority of them was graduate and a little portion was illiterate. In spite of having proper education, about 67% of them had no knowledge about osteoporosis, even they did not hear the name of that and only 33% heard the term. This may be due to their ignorance in health knowledge. Moreover, 39% has family history, 31% has maternal history about osteoporosis. Those who know about osteoporosis do not have any correct knowledge about the treatment and diagnosis procedure. A portion of them mentioned about few risk factors, that includes both controllable and uncontrollable risk factors. Some of them were unaware of the disorders that affect the skeleton. Majority of people never discuss about Osteoporosis with their family, some do rarely or sometimes and only 2% discuss regularly. Even with their doctors, most of them never discuss, 30% do rarely, 18% do sometimes and only 8% of people do regular discussion about osteoporosis. Overall findings suggest that the knowledge about risk factors and protective factors and treatment among mass people concerning osteoporosis was relatively poor and needs to be improved. So, some steps should be taken with the help of professionals to make them aware of this physiological disorder.
Description:
This thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.Pharm) in East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
