فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

Introduction: Osteoporosis is called “silent  illness", in  which   the  bones  get  lost  without  any  signs  , with symptoms  of  pain  and  fracture  developing in advanced stages . According to the World Health Organization statistics, about 40% of women and 10%   of men are at risk of osteoporosis during their lifetime. Osteoporosis is more common among women than in men   and in Iran half of women over the age of 45 and 90% of women over 75 are afflicted with it. The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge of Ardabil medical university students toward osteoporosis.Materials and Methods: This  is  a descriptive  cross-sectional  study  that has been performed over  258  students  of  Ardabil  medical university in different fields  of  study.  The data collection method was a research based questionnaire including demographic data and questions about knowledge of osteoporosis. Data were analyzed using statistical methods in SPSS version 16. P value of less than 5% was considered as significant.Results:  69.5 percent of students were female students and the rest were male. 31.2 percent had good knowledge, 61.3   percent average   knowledge and 7.5 percent poor knowledge toward osteoporosis. The most correct answer was “to have suitable  nutrition in preventing osteoporosis” and “high risk to older people  for  osteoporosis” which were  statistically  significant  and   the  lowest  correct  answer  (5.8%)  was  related  to “increase the  risk  of  osteoporosis by removing ovaries”.Conclusion: Considering the high prevalence of osteoporosis and increasing the number of seniors over the past decades, the country should take necessary measures in order  to  raise  the  level  of  awareness  of  the  community  and  especially  students  about  osteoporosis such as the risk factors, prevention  and  complications  of  the  disease through  the  health  system  and  governmental or non-governmental organs .