Ming-Yan Xie

Predictors of osteoporosis self-efficacy among young and middle-aged female nurses based on self-efficacy theory and the health belief model: evidence from a tertiary hospital in Eastern China

Background Young and middle-aged female nurses face an elevated risk of osteoporosis due to occupational demands and progressive physiological bone loss. However, most existing studies focus on postmenopausal women, and the status of objective and self-perceived osteoporosis risk, knowledge, self-efficacy, and its infl...