Knowledge, Health Beliefs, and Self-Efficacy regarding Osteoporosis in Perimenopausal Women

Table 3

Health beliefs and self-efficacy scores.

Health belief	Family history			No family history
	(𝑛=18)			(𝑛=19)
	Mean	SD	𝑃	Mean	SD	𝑃
Susceptibility
Pre	21.6667	4.61455	.524	17.3158	5.83145	.161
Post	22.5556	5.46887		19.1053	6.07266
Seriousness
Pre	16.6667	3.00979	.149	16.2105	3.32631	.702
Post	18.2222	5.13987		15.8421	5.06911
Benefits-exercise
Pre	26.3333	2.54374	.007	26.0000	2.74874	.630
Post	27.8889	2.42266		26.7368	5.50598
Benefits-calcium
Pre	23.3333	3.89570	.197	23.6842	2.05623	.000
Post	24.3333	3.53137		26.0000	2.66667
Barriers-exercise
Pre	11.4444	3.51839	.570	11.9474	3.56641	.357
Post	11.9444	3.65372		11.3158	4.34681
Barriers-calcium
Pre	11.5000	3.65014	.623	12.0526	3.47169	.087
Post	11.8333	3.01467		11.2632	3.72443
Health motivation
Pre	21.7778	3.62273	.106	23.6316	3.56231	.220
Post	22.9444	4.70884		24.4737	4.27354
Self-efficacy exercise
Pre	60.5500	25.43659	.751	61.3421	26.18002	.377
Post	61.8222	22.31216		67.3526	32.82699
Self-efficacy calcium
Pre	77.5859	13.24289	.502	79.2057	17.61927	.313
Post	79.5909	13.63192		83.4067	17.01370