Abstract

Background: Osteoporosis is a skeletal disease characterized by low bone mass and microarchitectural deterioration of bone tissue, leading to bone fragility and consequent increase in fracture risk.
Objective: To determine the effectiveness of structured educational program on the knowledge of middle-aged women and to determine the association between demographic variables and knowledge score.
Materials and Methods: A preexperimental design with one group pretest and posttest approach was selected to carry out the study. A total of 108 middle-aged women were selected by using nonprobability, purposive sampling technique. Structured questionnaire was used for data collection. Data were collected by interview method. The posttest was conducted after 7 days of intervention. Result: The pretest mean knowledge score was 10.44 ± 2.26, which was increased to 19.66 ± 2.28 in posttest. The knowledge of middle-aged women was statistically significantly and it was not associated with their age, marital status, number of children, education, occupation, socioeconomic status, previous knowledge about osteoporosis, and source of information. Conclusion: The structured educational program was effective in increasing the knowledge of middle-aged women regarding prevention of osteoporosis.