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 3 Logistic regression model of predictors of willingness to undergo osteoporosis assessment

Variables	Willingness to undergo osteoporosis assessment
Variables	Exp(B)	Sig	95% CI for EXP (B)
Ethnicity
Chinese	Reference
Non-Chinese	0.457	0.016	0.241–0.866
Marital Status
Married	Reference
Not married	1.576	0.274	0.698–3.559
Educational Status
Primary and below	Reference
Secondary	0.788	0.522	0.381–1.633
Tertiary	1.315	0.539	0.548–3.155
Employment status Not employed Employed	Reference 1.810	0.055	0.987–3.319
Age	1.076	0.019	1.012–1.143
BMI	0.970	0.301	0.916–1.027
History of fall
No	Reference
Yes	1.038	0.950	0.322–3.340
History of fracture
No	Reference
Yes	2.660	0.020	1.165–6.074
Family history of osteoporosis
No	Reference
Yes	1.065	0.890	0.432–2.628
OSTA category
Low risk	Reference
Medium risk	0.476	0.056	0.222–1.018
High risk	0.517	0.354	0.128–2.089
OHBS subscale scores Risk perception	1.262	< 0.001	1.133–1.406
Calcium benefit	0.950	0.486	0.823–1.097
Calcium barriers	0.988	0.863	0.867–1.127
Exercise benefit	1.269	0.002	1.094–1.473
Exercise barriers	0.897	0.085	0.794–1.015

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