Objective: To determine the effect patient education has on osteoporosis prevention and calcium intake has on elderly men who are at risk for developing osteoporosis.
Design: This was a prospective study in which subjects completed a Men's Osteoporosis Risk Questionnaire and watched a video on osteoporosis prevention. Subjects were then divided into groups based on osteoporosis status and contacted one month later to complete a telephone survey.
Setting: Geriatric ambulatory care clinic in the St. Louis Veteran's Affairs Medical Center.
Participants: 35 men over the age of 65.
Intervention: Subjects watched a video on osteoporosis prevention.
Outcomes: Primary outcome was change in calcium intake (total, dietary, and supplemental) in men at risk for osteoporosis. Secondary objectives were new diagnoses of osteoporosis; new fractures; effects on exercise, tobacco and alcohol use; and change from baseline calcium intake between at risk, diagnosed, and no risk for osteoporosis subjects.
Results: After watching the educational video, 67% of the subjects increased the amount of calcium ingested, and 10% of the subjects began calcium supplementation.
Conclusions: There were significantly more subjects meeting the RDA of calcium after watching the educational video.
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