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@article{191596,
        author = {Mr. Nataraj K V and Ms. Laxmibai Hadapad and Ms. Roopa Kattimani and Dr. U.N.Dhandargi},
        title = {“An explorative study to assess the risk factors regarding osteoporosis among pre-menopausal women residing in the selected rural communities of Bagalkot district".},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2026},
        volume = {12},
        number = {8},
        pages = {7350-7355},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=191596},
        abstract = {Background of the study: Osteoporosis is a systemic skeletal disorder characterized by low bone mass, micro-architectural deterioration of bone tissue leading to bone fragility, and consequent increase in fracture risk. A woman’s chances of getting the bone thinning disease osteoporosis go up with age, especially after menopause. But it’s not uncommon for women to get the condition before menopause, called pre-menopausal osteoporosis or bone loss. As bones become thinner with osteoporosis, they break more easily. Aim: An explorative study to assess the risk factors regarding osteoporosis among pre-menopausal women residing in the selected rural communities of Bagalkot district, with a view to develop an information booklet regarding prevention and management of osteoporosis. Method: It was a cross sectional study with Descriptive approach. 70 pre-menopausal women residing in selected rural communities of Bagalkot were selected with convenient sampling technique. A structured questionnaire was developed to collect the demographic information; a checklist was developed to assess the level of risk and data collected was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics.
Results: Assessment of risk factors regarding osteoporosis reveals that, about 4.29% women are at high risk of getting osteoporosis, about 10% are at medium risk and 85.7% are at low risk for getting osteoporosis. The findings regarding association of risk for osteoporosis scores with the socio-demographic variables of pre-menopausal women revealed that a significant association was found between risk of osteoporosis and age and occupation (p<0.05) of premenopausal women. Conclusion: After obtaining the results from the present study, the researcher noticed that most of the women were at low risk of osteoporosis.},
        keywords = {premenopausal women, osteoporosis, knowledge, rural area, risk of osteoporosis.},
        month = {January},
        }