Effects of health education on treatment adherence, dietary supplement use, and disease health knowledge among people with osteoporosis: a meta-analysis
Pooled result · Treatment adherence/antiresorptive drug useResult — go to the resultRelative risk 1.14 95% CI 0.98–1.33Authors' conclusion
This study highlights that health education tends to improve the adherence to the usage rate of anti-osteoporosis drug treatment, the usage rate of vitamin D and calcium supplements, and disease knowledge.
Study context
- Population
- Patients with osteoporosis9 RCTs (10 articles)
- Comparison
- Health education vs control
- Outcome
- Treatment adherence/antiresorptive drug use
Methodological detailsRoB2 risk of bias assessment
- RoB2 risk of bias assessment
Pooled result
As reported in the abstract
Relative risk
1.14
95% CI 0.98–1.33
Health educationvs control
RR 1.14 (95% CI 0.98–1.33)
Further pooled results
Treatment adherence, remote education based on electronic devices (subgroup)
| RR (95% CI) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Health educationI2 = 12.1% · statistically significant | 1.09 (1.00–1.18) | |
| 0.512Relative risk (log scale) |
Vitamin D supplement use
| RR (95% CI) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Health educationI2 = 67.8% | 1.16 (0.96–1.41) | |
| 0.512Relative risk (log scale) |
Calcium supplement use
| RR (95% CI) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Health educationI2 = 52.2% | 1.09 (0.92–1.30) | |
| 0.512Relative risk (log scale) |
Disease knowledge
| SMD (95% CI) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Health educationI2 = 87.2% | 0.38 (- 0.08, 0.84) | |
| −0.500.51Difference (linear scale) |
Original publication
Effects of health education on treatment adherence, dietary supplement use, and disease health knowledge among people with osteoporosis: a meta-analysis. Osteoporos Int. Published 27 March 2026. doi:10.
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