KMID : 0606420080140010012
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Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing 2008 Volume.14 No. 1 p.12 ~ p.19
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Influence of the Reproductive Factor and Life Style Factor in Postmenopausal Women¡¯s Bone Mineral Density
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Kim Tae-Im
Lee Mi-Kyeong
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study was to identify the influencing factors in postmenopausal women¡¯s bone mineral density (BMD).
Method: The sample for the study was 107 postmenopausal women who took the BMD test. For BMD measurement, lumbar spine BMD(L2-5) was measured by Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry(DEXA). Data was collected by questionnaires on the selected variables such as reproductive factors and life style factors.
Result: In reproductive factors, parity shows significant differences with BMD (F=4.16, p=.02). In life style factors, diet (F=3.01, p=.05) and exercise (F=7.39, p=.00) show significant differences with BMD. Excercise, diet and parity accounted for 42.0% of the influencing factors in Postmenopausal Women¡¯s Bone Mineral Density.
Conclusion: The influencing factors in postmenopausal women¡¯s bone mineral density were excercise, diet and parity. In this paper, it is suggested that the influence of reproductive and life style factors in postmenopausal women¡¯s BMD should be studied by long term and needs repeated research. This study can be used as foundation material for nursing education program development for osteoporosis prevention and improvement.
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KEYWORD
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Bone Mineral Density, Postmenopause
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