| Objective To conduct a baseline survey of osteoporosis knowledge among community medical workers in Daxing District, Beijing, to evaluate the knowledge situation in medical workers in Daxing District community, and to provide data to support future training and intervention. Method Using cluster random sampling methods, the community medical staff in Daxing District were investigated. Results For the item of "understanding of osteoporosis", do not understand represented 23.8%, basic understanding 74.5%, and complete understanding 1.7%. For the item "how often do you see patients with osteoporosis", almost no represented 25.4%, very few 39.4%, and often 35.2%. There were 16.5% of the community medical staff who knew the OSTA score, 12.2% knew the FRAX score, and 12.8% knew IOF one minute risk factor test. According to the osteoporosis related professional knowledge survey: the overall response rate was 42.00%. The items with high correct answer rate were: “WHO definition of osteoporosis" (85.03%), "for osteoporosis patients, the following is the right way of life" (78.12%), and "osteoporosis clinical symptoms" (69.44%). The items with low correct answer rate were "classification of osteoporosis" (9.14%), "on the FRAX score, which of the following is true" (8.06%), "osteoporosis prevention goals" (4.43%) and so on. Conclusion The knowledge of osteoporosis in community medical workers is poor, so the related training should be strengthened to improve the knowledge level. |