Osteoporosis Prevalence among Women in a Selected Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab

Urmal, Jaspreet kaur Sodhi, Kapil Sharma

Abstract: Women’s health recognizes that the health of women is related to the biological, social and cultural dimensions of women’s lives. Moreover, women’s normal life events or rites of passages, such as menstruation, children, and menopause are considered part of normal female development, rather than syndromes as diseases requiring only medical treatment. The objective of this study is to assess the prevalence of osteoporosis among women, to identify the risk of osteoporosis among women, to find out the relationship of prevalence with selected variables such as age, number of children, education, income, residence, occupation, to find out the association of osteoporosis risk with selected variables such as age, number of children, education, income, residence, occupation of women, and to prepare a pamphlet on preventive measures of osteoporosis for women.

Keywords: osteoporosis among women, preventive measures of osteoporosis, women health.

Title: Osteoporosis Prevalence among Women in a Selected Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab

Author: Urmal, Jaspreet kaur Sodhi, Kapil Sharma

International Journal of Healthcare Sciences

ISSN 2348-5728 (Online)

Research Publish Journals

Vol. 2, Issue 1, April 2014 - September 2014

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Osteoporosis Prevalence among Women in a Selected Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab by Urmal, Jaspreet kaur Sodhi, Kapil Sharma