Osteoporosis Health Beliefs of Women with Increased Risk of the Female Athlete Triad

Table 2

Osteoporosis health belief average and individual item scores for levels of competition.

Osteoporosis health belief and individual items	NAIA	NCAA Division III	NCAA Division II	NCAA Division I
Perceived susceptibility to osteoporosis; (average of items 1–6)	2.06 (0.51)	2.81 (0.94)	2.65 (1.03)	2.24 (0.66)
(1) Your chances of getting osteoporosis are high.	2.13 (0.74)	2.92 (1.04)	2.80 (0.92)	2.43 (1.09)
(2) Because of your body build, you are more likely to develop osteoporosis.	2.33 (0.90)	2.68 (1.22)	3.00 (1.25)	2.43 (1.02)
(3) It is extremely likely you will get osteoporosis.	2.00 (0.54)	2.16 (0.90)	2.20 (1.14)	2.21 (0.58)
(4) There is a good chance that you will get osteoporosis.	2.07 (0.46)	2.72 (0.89)	2.60 (1.17)	2.29 (0.73)
(5) You are more likely than the average person to get osteoporosis.	1.93 (0.80)	3.32 (1.03)	2.60 (1.17)	2.36 (1.08)
(6) Your family history makes it more likely that you will get osteoporosis.	1.87 (0.83)	2.56 (1.00)	2.70 (1.42)	1.71 (0.47)
Perceived severity of osteoporosis; (average of items 7–12)	3.02 (0.83)	3.38 (0.61)	3.07 (0.30)	3.27 (0.67)
(7) The thought of having osteoporosis scares you.	3.60 (1.35)	4.12 (0.95)	3.70 (0.48)	3.64 (1.01)
(8) If you had osteoporosis, you would be crippled.	2.33 (0.98)	2.58 (0.76)	2.50 (0.85)	2.79 (0.98)
(9) Your feelings about yourself would change if you got osteoporosis.	2.60 (1.06)	3.12 (0.95)	2.60 (1.07)	3.21 (1.37)
(10) It would be very costly if you got osteoporosis.	3.53 (0.64)	3.77 (0.82)	3.60 (0.70)	3.57 (0.76)
(11) When you think about osteoporosis you get depressed.	2.47 (1.19)	2.81 (1.17)	2.50 (0.85)	2.64 (0.93)
(12) It would be very serious if you got osteoporosis.	3.60 (1.06)	3.88 (0.82)	3.50 (0.53)	3.79 (0.58)

Scores range from 1 to 5. Standard deviations are in parentheses.