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Table 4 Pharmacy student responses question for prevention of osteoporosis before and after the training program

From: Instructing students to measure their own bone density and prepare a simulated health class during pharmacy school improves their awareness and understanding of osteoporosis prevention

 

Students responses before the training, %

Students responses after the training, %

 

Question items a

1

2

3

4

5

1

2

3

4

5

p value b

People need to take food with an eye on the nutrition for the prevention of osteoporosis.

1

3

4

26

66

0

0

0

10

90

<0.001

People need to form an exercise habit for the prevention of osteoporosis.

1

4

18

27

50

0

1

3

13

83

<0.001

Countermeasures to prevent osteoporosis in 10-20s are important.

1

3

6

34

56

0

0

3

5

92

<0.001

  1. aEach item was measured on a five-point Likert scale (1: strongly disagree, 2: disagree, 3: neither, 4: agree, and 5: strongly agree)
  2. b P-values indicate comparisons between the student responses before and after the training using Wilcoxon signed-rank tests