Impact of health beliefs and risk perception on willingness to undergo osteoporosis assessment among perimenopausal and menopausal women in primary care: a descriptive cross-sectional study

Table 2 Differences in sociodemographic and clinical variables by willingness to undergo osteoporosis assessment

Demographic and clinical variables	n	Willingness to undergo osteoporosis assessment		p
Demographic and clinical variables	n	No	Yes	p
Ethnicity Chinese	253	75	178	0.005
Non-Chinese	84	39	45
Age Below 65 65 and above	220 117	82 32	138 85	0.067
Marital status Married	286	100	186	0.495
Not married	50	15	35
Educational status Primary and below	66	24	42	0.349
Secondary	179	65	114
Tertiary	93	26	67
Employment status Not employed Employed	193 143	68 45	125 98	0.470
History of fall Yes	23	6	17	0.405
No	315	109	206
History of fracture Yes	53	13	40	0.116
No	286	102	184
Family history of osteoporosis Yes	50	10	40	0.023
No	282	103	179
OSTA category Low risk	143	52	91	0.271
Medium risk	147	51	96
High risk	36	8	28

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