Research Article
Osteoporosis Knowledge, Self-Efficacy, and Beliefs among College Students in the USA and China
Table 5
Comparison of Osteoporosis Knowledge Test and Health Belief Scale scores of male and female college aged students from the USA.
| | Subscale (6–30 possible points) | Female
Mean ± SD () | Male
Mean ± SD () | -test | value |
| | Total knowledge | (184) | (185) | −2.59* | .010 | | Exercise knowledge | (186) | (189) | −2.03* | .043 | | Calcium knowledge | (187) | (187) | −2.12* | .035 | | Susceptibility | (200) | (195) | −6.32* | .000 | | Seriousness | (196) | (196) | −0.46 | .646 | | Benefits of exercise | (203) | (190) | −0.71 | .480 | | Benefits of calcium | (202) | (191) | −0.06 | .948 | | Barriers of exercise | (201) | (188) | 1.20 | .232 | | Barriers of calcium | (200) | (191) | 1.68 | .094 | | Health motivation | (202) | (190) | −2.04* | .042 | | Health belief total score, (42–210 possible points) | (187) | (176) | −2.39* | .017 |
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