International Journal of Women's Health and Reproduction Sciences

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Original Article
Bone Health Status among Postmenopausal Women in Malaysia
Mohd Said Nurumal¹, Muhammad Lokman Md. Isa¹, Nik Noor Kaussar Nik Mohd Hatta¹, Azlina Daud¹, Muhammad Ibrahim², Mohd Ariff Sharifudin³, Samsul Deraman³
¹Kulliyyah of Nursing, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia ²Kulliyyah of Allied Health Science, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Kuantan Campus, Pahang, Malaysia ³Kulliyyah of Medicine, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia.
IJWHR 2019; 7: 169-173 DOI: 10.15296/ijwhr.2019.28 Viewed : 3243 times Downloaded : 3026 times. Keywords : Menopausal women, Bone health status, Osteoporosis, Malaysia
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Abstract

Objectives: The study has evaluated bone health status among post-menopausal women in a public hospital of Malaysia. Materials and Methods: A total of 116 post-menopausal women, who met the criteria, participated in this study. The purposive sampling method was used to achieve the criteria of participants. Results: This cross-sectional study revealed that more than half of the respondents (52.6%, n = 61) had osteopenia; whereas, 47.4% (n=55) of the respondents had osteoporosis. There was a significant correlation between the age and menopausal years with the bone health status (i.e. P = 0.004 and P = 0.028, respectively) in postmenopausal women. Conclusions: Menopausal women experienced deterioration of bone mineral density (BMD) with advancing age and menopausal years.