Medical Journal of Mashhad university of Medical Sciences

Medical Journal of Mashhad university of Medical Sciences

The relationship between lifestyle and osteoporosis in women

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Nooshin Zaman 1
Ali Roshanayi 2
Omid Ali Ahmadi 3
1 PhD Student, Departman of Sociology, Ashtian Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ashtian, Iran.
2 Departman of Sociology, Ashtian Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ashtian, Iran. (Corresponding Author)
3 Departman of Sociology, Ashtian Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ashtian, Iran
10.22038/mjms.2022.65447.3845
Abstract
Introduction: Research has shown that lifestyle components can be associated with human health and osteoporosis can endanger health, especially in women; Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between lifestyle and osteoporosis in women.
Methods: The research method is survey and the data collection tool is a questionnaire. The statistical population of the present study in the 17th and 4th districts of Tehran is 253,360, of which 382 samples were selected based on random sampling. Independent t-test, Human Whitney, Wilcoxon were used to analyze the data.
Results: Findings showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between lifestyle and osteoporosis (p <0.001).
Conclusion: It seems that lifestyle should be given more importance during adolescence, especially female adolescents, because lifestyle changes during adolescence play an important preventive role in the development of osteoporosis in adulthood. Therefore, it is suggested that more research be done in this regard to increase the external credibility of the research.
Keywords
Osteoporosis
Lifestyle
Women
Subjects
Medical Journal of Mashhad university of Medical Sciences
Volume 65, Issue 5
May and June 2022