Journal of Osteoporosis

Review Article

A Systematic Review of Osteoporosis Health Beliefs in Adult Men and Women

Table 3

Mean scores for osteoporosis health belief subscales of intervention studies.


Osteoporosis health belief subscale scores (mean and SD)^a
Author, year	Gender, sample size (treatment/control), and age	Intervention type	Susceptibility	Seriousness	Benefits calcium	Benefits exercise	Barriers calcium	Barriers exercise	Health motivation	Total score^b

Aree-Ue et al., 2006	Men and women (97.91%), , mean age 69.26 (SD 5.07) yrs.	1 group pretest-posttest design; 90 min education session per week (four weeks) + DXA + 1 counseling session.	Pretest: 19.1 (3.0)	Pretest: 21.9 (3.4)	Pretest: 23.7 (4.0)	Pretest: 24.4 (1.8)	Pretest: 15.7 (3.7)	Pretest: 14.8 (4.7)	Pretest: 25.0 (2.9)	Pretest: 145.0 (11.3)
Aree-Ue et al., 2006	Men and women (97.91%), , mean age 69.26 (SD 5.07) yrs.		after test: 21.8 (5.0)*	after test: 23.0 (5.4)	after test: 25.0 (2.4)	after test: 26.1 (2.5)*	after test: 13.5 (3.8)*	after test: 11.7 (2.5)*	after test: 26.2 (2.2)	after test: 147.6 (12.4)

Piaseu et al., 2001	Women; (50/50), mean age 18.48 (SD 0.6) yrs.	RCT; 3-hr education program (discussion, demonstration, lecture).	T = 26.1 (3.2)*	T = 27.8 (2.9)*	NR	T = 28.9 (1.3)*	T = 26.9 (2.4)*	T = 27.9 (2.0)*	T = 26.5 (1.9)*	T = 192.1 (9.2)*
Piaseu et al., 2001	Women; (50/50), mean age 18.48 (SD 0.6) yrs.		C = 17.4 (4.1)	C = 22.3 (4.3)		C = 24.6 (3.0)	C = 22.3 (3.9)	C = 23.7 (3.4)	C = 22.0 (3.1)	C = 156.4 (13.2)

Sedlak et al., 1998	Women; (18/13), 18-plus yrs (65% ages 18-19 yrs).	RCT; 3 education sessions (discussion, demonstration, lecture).	T = 19.2	T = 18.2	T = 26.6*	T = 28.1	T = 11.7	T = 11.0	T = 25.4	T = 144.9 (12.2)*
Sedlak et al., 1998	Women; (18/13), 18-plus yrs (65% ages 18-19 yrs).		C = 12.8	C = 18.5	C = 23.8	C = 25.2	C = 11.2	C = 9.1	C = 23.8	C = 124.7 (11.0)

Sedlak et al., 2005	Women; (101/23), ages 50–65 yrs.	RCT; 1 telephone education session + DXA.	NR	NR	NR	NR	T = 13.5* C = 11.5	T = 14.4* C = 12.2	NR	NR

Sedlak et al., 2007	Women; (101/102), mean age 56.6 yrs.	RCT; DXA screening.	T = 18.1* C = 16.5	NR	NR	NR	T= 11.8 C = 13.0*	NR	NR	NR

Tung et al., 2006	Men; (64/64), mean age 40.81 (SD 13.46) yrs.	RCT; 2-hr education program (discussion demonstration, lecture).	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	T = 133.3* C = 128.2

^aRange for each subscale score is 6 to 30.
^bRange of total score is 42 to 210.
Note: SD: standard deviation, RCT: randomized controlled trial, DXA: dual X-ray absorptiometry, NA: not assessed in the study, NR: not reported, T: treatment, C: control.
*Significant difference () between groups.