Gaziantep 25 Aralık Devlet Hastanesi, Gaziantep, Türkiye

Aim: Frequency of osteoporosis that depending different factors in postmenopausal women is increase. So our study was done to determine the relationship between some habits of the postmenopausal women and bone mineral density. Material and Methods: The study was done as descriptive a hospital in Gaziantep between the dates 3 July - 8 August, 2006. The comprehension of the study is all patients who applied to orthopedics clinics, and sampling consists of 70 patients who wanted to join study, and postmenopausal, hadn&rsquo;t taken steroid and calcitonin treatment more than last one year. Before study, informed approwal was taken from patients and institution. Data of the study were collected using questionnaire form. Density of bone minerals was grouped according to the standarts of WHO as normal (t>-1.0), osteopenic (t<-1.0 and -2.5), and osteoporosis (t<-2.5). In analyzing of the obtained data percentages, chi-square and student t test were done by using SPSS programme. Results: It was found that the age mean of patients was 61.5+10.4 years, 82.4% percent of the patient weren&rsquo;t exposed to sunlight, 95.7% of didn&rsquo;t make sports regularly, 41.4% of the patients consumed milk 2 or 3 times a week, 98.6% of them didn&rsquo;t take calcium treatment. 41.4% of them had osteopenia, and 24.3% of them had osteoporosis. The frequency of osteopenia-osteoporosis is higher at women are getting older (p<0.05). There wasn&rsquo;t a significant relationship between bone minerals density, socio-demographic characteristics, life-style and nutritional habits of patients (p>0.05). Conclusion: It was seen that majority of patients didn&rsquo;t make sports regularly, and the risk of having osteoporosis was higher who were getting older. For this reason, it can be suggested that to prevent osteoporosis especially in postmenopausal women necessary education should be given.