Edward Hynson, Jason Bloomer, Zoe Samson, Kiersten Price, Daniel Tran, Ulrike Muench
Workforce Trends of Underrepresented Minority Nurses in the United States Over the Last Decade: Progress Towards Equal Representation?
Policy, politics & nursing practice
osteoporosis common bone health disorder hemodialysis patients linked higher morbidity mortality rate previous studies explored associated factors osteoporosis lack studies investigating impacts health literacy hl digital healthy diet literacy ddl osteoporosis therefore aimed investigate associations hl ddl factors osteoporosis among hemodialysis patients july 2020 march 2021 crosssectional study conducted 675 hemodialysis patients eight hospitals vietnam data collected using osteoporosis selfassessment tool asians osta 12item short form health literacy questionnaire hlssf12 digital healthy diet literacy ddl hemodialysis dietary knowledge hdk addition also collected information sociodemographics clinical parameters biochemical parameters physical activity unadjusted adjusted multinomial logistic regression models utilized order investigate associations proportion patients low medium high levels osteoporosis risk 396 406 198 respectively adjusted models women higher likelihood osteoporosis risk men odds ratio 346 95 confidence interval 95 ci 186 644 p 0001 686 95 ci 296 1588 p 0001 patients rheumatoid arthritis 437 95 ci 167 1152 p 0003 stomach ulcers 195 95 ci 101 377 p 0048 likely higher likelihood osteoporosis risk without patients higher waist circumference wc hl ddl less likely medium level osteoporosis risk 095 95 ci 092 098 p 0004 092 95 ci 088 096 p 0001 096 95 ci 093 099 p 0017 respectively high level osteoporosis risk 093 95 ci 089 097 p 0001 089 95 ci 084 094 p 0001 095 95 ci 091 099 p 0008 respectively compared low level osteoporosis risk lower wc hl ddl addition higher levels hemoglobin hb 079 95 ci 066 095 p 0014 hematocrit hct 095 95 ci 092 099 p 0041 albumin 091 95 ci 083 099 p 0030 education 037 95 ci 016 088 p 0025 associated lower likelihood high level osteoporosis risk conclusion osteoporosis risk highly prevalent hemodialysis patients improved hl ddl education wc albumin hb hct levels considered preventing hemodialysis patients developing osteoporosis