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June 6, 2026Nutrition & Food Science

Women’s knowledge and beliefs about osteoporosis: evidence from a cross-sectional intervention study

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GAGhadir Fakhri Al-JayyousiYAYasmine Oussama AttiaUEUsra Elshaikh

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Overview

Cross-sectional intervention study assessing osteoporosis knowledge in Palestinian women, indicating significant improvements after education.

Key Points

  • This study aims to evaluate osteoporosis knowledge and beliefs among Palestinian women and assess the impact of a brief educational intervention.
  • Conducted a pre-post cross-sectional study among 100 women aged 20–70 in northern Palestine.
  • Collected data using an osteoporosis knowledge and beliefs survey before and after an educational intervention.
  • Applied paired t-tests and subgroup analyses using SPSS to analyze knowledge changes.
  • Knowledge of osteoporosis risk factors improved from 2.93 to 3.52 post-intervention (p < 0.001).
  • General health beliefs and calcium-related beliefs improved significantly, while exercise-related beliefs did not change significantly.
  • Women with higher education showed greater improvements in risk-factor knowledge (p = 0.022).

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Al-Jayyousi et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a23bbeb71a5da9775e7753bhttps://doi.org/10.1108/nfs-09-2025-0322
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