[Retracted] A Prospective Evaluation of the Awareness, Knowledge, and Management of Osteoporosis in a Cohort of Medical Staff

Table 2

Perception among participants regarding diagnostic methods and special tests.

		Diagnostic methods					Special tests
		DEXA	SPA; DPA	QUS	Symptoms and signs	Fragile fracture history	Biochemical indicators	Vit D	BTMs
Pre-edu		101	249	142	388	219	51	129	34
	Percent	15.5%	38.1%	21.7%	59.4%	33.5%	7.8%	19.8%	5.2%
After-edu		146	223	289	392	421	102	511	48
	Percent	20.60%	37.50%	40.80%	55.30%	59.40%	14.4%	72.1%	6.8%
		6.015	1.696	56.825	2.368	91.131	14.743	373.532	1.468
value		0.014	0.080	0.000	0.124	≤0.001	≤0.001	≤0.001	0.226

Pre-edu: pre-education; after-edu: after education; DEXA: dual-energy X-ray; SPA/DPA: single/dual photo absorptiometry; UBS: ultrasound bone sonometer; BTMs: bone turnover markers; Vit D: vitamin D. is statistically significant.