<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

<sec>
<h3>Objective</h3>
<p>To identify the level of knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) toward osteoporosis among Jordanian nurses.</p>
</sec>
<sec>
<h3>Methods</h3>
<p>A cross-sectional design was adopted in this study. A convenience sample of 443 Jordanian nurses were recruited from the public and private healthcare settings in Jordan. The assessment tool used in the current study contained 35 items, measuring KAP among Jordanian nurses toward osteoporosis. The correlation Pearson test and regression test were used to analyze data using Statistical Package for Social Sciences, version 21.</p>
</sec>
<sec>
<h3>Results</h3>
<p>The total KAP scores were 33.53, 37.65, and 22.7, respectively. These results revealed that Jordanian nurses have a moderate level of KAP toward osteoporosis.</p>
</sec>
<sec>
<h3>Conclusions</h3>
<p>Jordanian nurses showed a moderate KAP toward osteoporosis, which should be improved as an effective step to reducing the growing incidences of osteoporosis. The lack of KAP holds a serious and growing impact on the Jordanian health sector and patients’ health in terms of cost, healthcare resources, and social life. Nurses can play a valuable role in educating patients on bone fracture causes, perceived percentage, risks, and prevention, as well as in helping them with nutrition and lifestyle recommendations.</p>
</sec>
</abstract>

Objective
To identify the level of knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) toward osteoporosis among Jordanian nurses.


Methods
A cross-sectional design was adopted in this study. A convenience sample of 443 Jordanian nurses were recruited from the public and private healthcare settings in Jordan. The assessment tool used in the current study contained 35 items, measuring KAP among Jordanian nurses toward osteoporosis. The correlation Pearson test and regression test were used to analyze data using Statistical Package for Social Sciences, version 21.


Results
The total KAP scores were 33.53, 37.65, and 22.7, respectively. These results revealed that Jordanian nurses have a moderate level of KAP toward osteoporosis.


Conclusions
Jordanian nurses showed a moderate KAP toward osteoporosis, which should be improved as an effective step to reducing the growing incidences of osteoporosis. The lack of KAP holds a serious and growing impact on the Jordanian health sector and patients’ health in terms of cost, healthcare resources, and social life. Nurses can play a valuable role in educating patients on bone fracture causes, perceived percentage, risks, and prevention, as well as in helping them with nutrition and lifestyle recommendations.

Knowledge, attitude, and practices toward osteoporosis among Jordanian nurses

Frontiers of Nursing

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

{"article-title":"Knowledge, attitude, and practices toward osteoporosis among Jordanian nurses"}

Objective
To identify the level of knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) toward osteoporosis among Jordanian nurses.


Methods
A cross-sectional design was...

Knowledge, attitude, and practices toward osteoporosis among Jordanian nurses

Article Category: Original Article

Published Online: Sep 21, 2023

Page range: 327 - 333

Received: Sep 26, 2022

Accepted: Dec 21, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2023-0036

Keywords
knowledge, attitude, practice, osteoporosis, health belief model

© 2023 Alsalti Zaid et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Knowledge, attitude, and practices toward osteoporosis among Jordanian nurses

Article Category: Original Article

Published Online: Sep 21, 2023

Page range: 327 - 333

Received: Sep 26, 2022

Accepted: Dec 21, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2023-0036

Keywordsknowledge, attitude, practice, osteoporosis, health belief model

© 2023 Alsalti Zaid et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
knowledge, attitude, practice, osteoporosis, health belief model