We wish to investigate whether a weekly, 2½ hour group-based osteoporosis education intervention (the Osteoporosis Prevention and Self-Management Course), is different to one session course (1x 2½ hours) on osteoporosis knowledge, confidence to eat calcium-containing foods, confidence to exercise, and amount of exercise undertaken after three and nine months of follow-up in people aged over 50 years who have already had a bone fracture.
Instruments used to determine change after 3 and 9 months: Osteoporosis knowledge: Osteoporosis Knowledge Assessment Test (Winzenberg et al. BMC Musculoskelet Disord 2003) Calcium intake: Food frequency questionnaire (Angus et al. J Am Diet Assoc 1989) Calcium and exercise self-efficacy: Osteoporosis Self-Efficacy Scale (Horan et al Res Nurs Health 1998) Physical activity: CHAMPS II (Stewart et al. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2001)
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
152
Four weekly education sessions of 2 1/2 hours duration, in a group session facilitated by a community nurse and trained lay leader.
Introductory education session, 1 x 2 1/2 hours in a group session facilitated by a community nurse and trained lay person.
Modbury Hospital, Modbury
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Difference between groups at three months on osteoporosis knowledge, confidence in ability to consume calcium and to exercise, actual calcium consumption and exercise levels
Time frame: Three and nine months
Changes between baseline and three months within each group on osteoporosis knowledge, confidence in the ability to each calcium-containing foods and exercise, and the amount of calcium consumed in foods and exercise undertaken
Time frame: Three and nine months
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