An Assessment Of Osteoporosis Condition And Knowledge Among Warfarin Users At A Hospital In The Northern Region Of Peninsular Malaysia

Osteoporosis is a chronic disease that has a complex relation with patients using warfarin. In order to provide optimal management of osteoporosis, there is a need to advice patients about the usage of warfarin. A clinical part involved casecontrol study of a convenient sample of 270 subjects (contr...

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Main Author: Abdulameer, Aseel Hadi
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Published: 2017
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spelling my-usm-ep.453502019-09-10T02:23:05Z An Assessment Of Osteoporosis Condition And Knowledge Among Warfarin Users At A Hospital In The Northern Region Of Peninsular Malaysia 2017-01 Abdulameer, Aseel Hadi RS1-441 Pharmacy and materia medica Osteoporosis is a chronic disease that has a complex relation with patients using warfarin. In order to provide optimal management of osteoporosis, there is a need to advice patients about the usage of warfarin. A clinical part involved casecontrol study of a convenient sample of 270 subjects (controls and patients) recruited to assess the bone health status by measuring the bone mineral density (BMD) using quantitative ultrasound scan (QUS) as well as to evaluate their osteoporosis knowledge (OKT). The result of QUS showed that the prevalence of normal BMD, osteopenia, and osteoporosis were 23.3%, 53.7%, 23% respectively. 2017-01 Thesis http://eprints.usm.my/45350/ http://eprints.usm.my/45350/1/ASEEL%20HADI%20ABDULAMEER.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Sains Malaysia Pusat Pengajian Sains Farmasi
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Abdulameer, Aseel Hadi
An Assessment Of Osteoporosis Condition And Knowledge Among Warfarin Users At A Hospital In The Northern Region Of Peninsular Malaysia
description Osteoporosis is a chronic disease that has a complex relation with patients using warfarin. In order to provide optimal management of osteoporosis, there is a need to advice patients about the usage of warfarin. A clinical part involved casecontrol study of a convenient sample of 270 subjects (controls and patients) recruited to assess the bone health status by measuring the bone mineral density (BMD) using quantitative ultrasound scan (QUS) as well as to evaluate their osteoporosis knowledge (OKT). The result of QUS showed that the prevalence of normal BMD, osteopenia, and osteoporosis were 23.3%, 53.7%, 23% respectively.
format Thesis
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author Abdulameer, Aseel Hadi
author_facet Abdulameer, Aseel Hadi
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title An Assessment Of Osteoporosis Condition And Knowledge Among Warfarin Users At A Hospital In The Northern Region Of Peninsular Malaysia
title_short An Assessment Of Osteoporosis Condition And Knowledge Among Warfarin Users At A Hospital In The Northern Region Of Peninsular Malaysia
title_full An Assessment Of Osteoporosis Condition And Knowledge Among Warfarin Users At A Hospital In The Northern Region Of Peninsular Malaysia
title_fullStr An Assessment Of Osteoporosis Condition And Knowledge Among Warfarin Users At A Hospital In The Northern Region Of Peninsular Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed An Assessment Of Osteoporosis Condition And Knowledge Among Warfarin Users At A Hospital In The Northern Region Of Peninsular Malaysia
title_sort assessment of osteoporosis condition and knowledge among warfarin users at a hospital in the northern region of peninsular malaysia
granting_institution Universiti Sains Malaysia
granting_department Pusat Pengajian Sains Farmasi
publishDate 2017
url http://eprints.usm.my/45350/1/ASEEL%20HADI%20ABDULAMEER.pdf
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