O conhecimento das mulheres da zona urbana de Miguel Alves - PI sobre a osteoporose e o exame de densitometria óssea

Abstract

Osteoporosis is a metabolic osteopathy that causes bones to weaken, making them prone to future fractures. It can be diagnosed through bone densitome try examinations and the disease mainly affects women over 50 years of age, especially in the post-menopausal period. The objective of this study is to verify the knowledge of women aged 55 to 80 years, living in the urban area of Miguel Alves Piauí, about osteoporosis and bone densitometry examinations. To this end, a questi onnaire with 18 objective questions was applied to 50 women in the city of Miguel Alves -Piauí and the data obtained were organized into graphs using the Micro soft Excel program. Based on the results obtained, it was found that most of the inter viewees did not know the risk factors for osteoporosis, in addition, they did not undergo bone densitometry examinations regularly. Thus, it is concluded that most of the interviewees have limited knowledge about osteoporosis and bone densitometry.