TY  - JOUR
AU  - Holland, Alyson
AU  - Lorbergs, Amanda
PY  - 2019
DA  - 2019/12/12
TI  - Women’s Perceptions of the Embodied Experience of Osteoporosis across the Lifecourse
JO  - OBM Geriatrics
SP  - 093
VL  - 03
IS  - 04
AB  - Beliefs about the daily experience of a disease are used to identify risk and motivate participation in prevention. For osteoporosis, a disease that is affected by health behaviours throughout the lifecourse, individual perceptions of the disease can affect health decisions and future disease prevalence. Understanding how the experience of osteoporosis is perceived by women at different stages of life can illuminate factors that influence engagement in prevention. Women representing three life stages - young adults, at-risk older adults, and women with osteoporosis - participated in interviews and focus groups regarding their beliefs about osteoporosis. The young and at-risk adults revealed similar constructions of the osteoporosis experience, however, all three groups viewed osteoporosis as fracture-and age-centric, which served to normalise the disease. For young and at-risk adults, the impact of osteoporosis on daily life was minimized and susceptibility was reduced, leading to diminished perceptions of risk and decreased interest in prevention activities.
SN  - 2638-1311
UR  - https://doi.org/10.21926/obm.geriatr.1904093
DO  - 10.21926/obm.geriatr.1904093
ID  - Holland2019
ER  -