Self‐Care Behaviors in Osteoporosis: A Cross‐Cultural Study Using Multidimensional Analysis of Textual Data

Chiara Tedesco, Vicente Bernalte‐Martí, Adela Melgarejo Uréndez, Arantxa Conesa, María Desamparados Bernat‐Adell, Mara Tormen, Gianluca Pucciarelli, Ercole Vellone, Maddalena De Maria, Emanuela Basilici Zannetti, Noemi Cittadini, Annalisa Pennini, Umberto Tarantino, Rosaria Alvaro, Mariachiara Figur · 2026

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Chiara Tedesco and a large team compare self-care in osteoporosis across Italy and Spain in a 2026 study. Bone thinning affects daily life, and self-care spans upkeep, monitoring, and managing flare-ups. Culture shapes how people grasp and practice that care, yet cross-country evidence is thin.

The team used automated text analysis on what patients wrote about their care. Italy and Spain offer alike yet distinct settings for the comparison. The study asks how habits and meanings differ by country, within one shared theory of chronic illness self-care. Nurses who support bone health may use the findings to tailor advice to local norms.

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CREATORChiara Tedesco, Vicente Bernalte‐Martí, Adela Melgarejo Uréndez, Arantxa Conesa, María Desamparados Bernat‐Adell, Mara Tormen, Gianluca Pucciarelli, Ercole Vellone, Maddalena De Maria, Emanuela Basilici Zannetti, Noemi Cittadini, Annalisa Pennini, Umberto Tarantino, Rosaria Alvaro, Mariachiara Figur
YEAR2026
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE81 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC13575457

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