Question

9. Which of the following is a modifiable risk factor of osteoporosis? Answer: a) Female gender b) Family history c) Sedentary lifestyle d) Advanced age 10. The nurse is teaching the patient about the difference between rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and osteoarthritis (OA). Which statement by the patient indicates a need for further teaching? Answer: a) "RA is inflammatory. OA is degenerative." b) "The risk factors or causes of RA are probably autoimmune, whereas OA may be caused by age, obesity, injury, or occupation." c) "The peak incidence of RA is between 30 and 50 years of age, and the typical onset of OA is usually after 40 years." d) "The disease pattern of RA is usually unilateral, whereas OA is usually bilateral, symmetric."

Answer 1

1) Option C

Sedentary lifestyle.

Osteoporosis s a condition in which the patient bones become weak and they are not able to keep up with the bone removal.

Sedentary lifestyle is a modifiable risk factors for osteoporosis.

It can be changed if exercise is done to avoid osteoporosis where as female gender -due to menopause and gentic and advanced age people cannot avoid osteoporosis.

2)Option C

RA onset is between 35 to 50 and OA is over age 50.