PREVENTION OF OSTEOPOROSIS – RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE HEALTH TEAM IN PRE-HOSPITAL CARE
Keywords:
osteoporosis, risk groups, preventive activities, health teamAbstract
Introduction: In recent decades, it has been observed an alarming global tendency towards an increase in the number of people suffering from osteoporosis. According to WHO, osteoporosis is defined as the third most socially significant disease in the world (after cardiovascular and oncological diseases) but there is a forecast to take the second place.
The reasons can be due to the growth in the number of the aging population, on the one hand, and the high social and economic price paid by society, on the other hand. The aim of the study is, through the opinion of different groups of the population, to examine the preventive activities of the health team in pre-hospital care to prevent the disease and its complications. Materials and methods: For the study were used documentary and survey methods. For analysis of the result were used statistical methods: descriptive statistics - relative shares; frequency analysis - absolute and relative frequencies. Results: 287 persons in different age groups were examined. According to the screening test, the risk of osteoporosis is reported in 35.19% of respondents. According to the respondents, only 12.2% were familiar with this test, which was conducted by their GP. According to the survey 26.13% of the respondents received from the health team information and advice on healthy behavior in order to reduce the risk of osteoporosis. Only 23% (66) of the respondents indicated that they had an instrumental examination for the presence of osteoporosis. 54.55% of them paid for the study on their own and 45.45% received a referral from a GP or specialist, due to the presence of a chronic disease from a risk group. Conclusion: The research shows that there is a tendency the importance of preventive measures to be underestimated by health teams in pre-hospital care, as well as it is underrated the need for health information and training of the population to reduce the risk of osteoporosis and severe complications of the disease.
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