Association of Vitamin D Knowledge, Behavior and Attitude with BMI Status among Arab Adults

Al-Daghri, Nasser M.; Alfawaz, Hanan; Khan, Nasiruddin; Al‐Saleh, Yousef; Aljohani, Naji; Aldisi, Dara; Alkhaldi, Ghadah; Alqarni, Amani M.; Almasoudi, Hadeel O.; Alshehri, Lina A.; Alanzi, Rinad M.; Khattak, Malak Nawaz Khan; Elsaid, Mohamed A.; Alokail, Majed S.

doi:10.3390/ijerph191711107

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“…Moreover, 30.7% of them taking medications such as corticosteroid, antiepileptic, anticoagulant, weight loss, and anti-cholesterol drugs. This result was consistent with research done by Al-Daghri et al (2022) on VD status among Arab adults which reported that the most prevalent diseases among them were 9.3% DM, 9.2% HTN, 3.2% heart disease, 5.8% with dyslipidemia, 3.4% osteoporosis, 6.2% with arthritis, and 2.3% with bone fracture history. Also according to several studies, there is an association between such diseases, the medication, and the development of VDD (Aziz, & Azeez, 2020;Sohl et al, 2012;Wakeman, 2021).…”

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Adopting Health Belief Model to Improve Female Employees’ Knowledge, Beliefs and Preventive Behaviors regarding Vitamin D Deficiency

Mohamed Kishk,

Elemam Hafeze,

Shokry Alemam

et al. 2023

Egyptian Journal of Health Care

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Background: Vitamin D deficiency (VDD) is a serious public health issue, particularly among women, due to a lack of knowledge regarding the importance of Vitamin D (VD) and the method of preventing its deficiency. The research aimed to investigate the effect of adopting health belief model to improve female employees' knowledge, beliefs, and preventive behaviors regarding vitamin D deficiency. Method: A structured educational intervention based on HBM was implemented using a quasi-experimental study among 300 female employees from 14 faculties affiliated to Mansoura University in Egypt using stratified sampling with a proportional allocation technique. Tools: A self-administered structured questionnaire consisting of five parts was used for data collection before and three months after the intervention. The intervention involved group education, counseling, and follow-up. Results: There were statistically significant differences in mean scores of total knowledge, VDD-preventive behaviors, and HBM constructs before and three months after the intervention with P≤0.001. Three months following the intervention, there was a statistically significant positive connection with (p≤ 0.001) between total knowledge, total VDDpreventive behavior, and HBM constructs scores. Also, there were statistically significant differences between participants' knowledge scores regarding VD and VDD with employees' age, occupation, and years of experience in the pre and post-test with p ≤0.001. As well, there were statistically significant differences between participants' VDD-preventive behaviors with their occupation and level of education in the pre-and post-test with p≤0.001 and p=0.006 respectively. Moreover, there were statistically significant differences between participants' health belief scores with their age, working place, occupation, income, years of experience, medical and medications history in the pre-and post-test p<0.05. Conclusions: Implementing educational intervention based on HBM improves the female employees' knowledge regarding VD and VDD, contributes to the advancement in all constructs of the health belief model, and positively affects their VDDpreventive behaviors. Recommendations: Health Belief Model constructs should be an essential part of the existing VDD management program. More research is needed to continue investigating the effectiveness of HBM for a longer period of follow-up time after the intervention.

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Adopting Health Belief Model to Improve Female Employees’ Knowledge, Beliefs and Preventive Behaviors regarding Vitamin D Deficiency

Mohamed Kishk,

Elemam Hafeze,

Shokry Alemam

et al. 2023

Egyptian Journal of Health Care

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“…Recent studies from different parts of Saudi Arabia have assessed awareness and knowledge about VD in relation to various lifestyle behaviors and risk factors among adult males and females [ 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 ]. However, none of these studies focused on whether VD awareness and knowledge could reflect an attitude towards PA, or provided any information in this context.…”

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Vitamin D Knowledge and Awareness Is Associated with Physical Activity among Adults: A Cross-Sectional Survey

Al-Daghri

Alfawaz

Khan

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The relation between knowledge and awareness of vitamin D (VD) and physical activity in adults has not been well studied. The present cross-sectional study aims to demonstrate this relation among adults living in Saudi Arabia. A total of 774 adults participated and were stratified based on self-reports of whether they were physically active (PA group, N = 562) or not (non-PA, N = 212). The prevalence of VD awareness and its health effects were significantly higher in the PA group compared with their counterparts (97 vs. 93.4%; p = 0.02 and 92.3 vs. 81.6%; p < 0.001, respectively). Sunlight was the preferred overall source of VD among the PA group (91.1%) followed by food, supplements, and fortified foods. Sardine, salmon, oily fish (63.7%) and eggs (54.6%) were reported as good dietary sources. Other positive attitudes, represented by taking supplement or multivitamins (51.2%), high sun exposure (33.1%), and daily duration of exposure to sunlight (15–30 min; 53.4%) were higher in the PA than the non-PA group (p values < 0.05). The body parts exposed to the sun among the PA group were arms (67.1%), hands (64.1%), face and hands (62.5%), legs (58.5%), and face (53.2%), while sunscreen cream (47.2%) was their preferred sun-protection method. High levels of knowledge and positive attitudes were reported by the PA group compared with the non-PA group in regard to walking outdoors for sun exposure (80.6 vs. 62.7%; p < 0.001). Information about good dietary sources, the role of VD in human health, associated diseases, positive attitudes to sun exposure, and the use of supplements or multivitamins were among the determinants of VD knowledge and awareness. In conclusion, VD knowledge and awareness are positively associated with self-reported physical activity in adults. Further objective classifications of PA may strengthen the results of the present investigation.

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“…21,22 There is much evidence to show that there is insufficient knowledge about dietary sources of VD and negative attitudes towards sun exposure. 23,24 Recently, Al-Daghri and Alfawaz 25 reported inconsistent knowledge mainly about suitable sources of VD.…”

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Enhancing knowledge and practices toward Vitamin D deficiency through implementing awareness programs among medical science female students

Alhuthali,

Alzahrani,

Ataya

et al. 2023

Eur J Inflamm

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Objectives Vitamin D (VD) deficiency has widespread prevalence worldwide. In Saudi Arabia, it is the most common form of public health problem with regard to malnutrition. This is because there is insufficient knowledge about negative VD practices. The current study aimed to evaluate VD deficiency knowledge and practices before and after the implementation of an awareness programme. Methods A quasi-experimental design was used for the study, which was conducted at the College of Applied Medical Science at Al-Baha University. A convenience sample encompassing all the female students in the Public Health Department was used ( n = 83 students). Two tools were used for data collection; the first was an intervention questionnaire to assess the students’ knowledge, and the second was a questionnaire concerned with students’ practices in preventing VD deficiency. Results The mean age of the students was 20.75 ± 7.85 years. Of the study’s subjects, 45.8% suffered from VD deficiency and 72.3% had a family history of VD deficiency. The study showed that there had been significant progress in students’ VD knowledge and behaviours following the programme. While 59% of the students had poor knowledge and 95.2% had unsatisfactory practices pre-intervention, 86.7% and 48.2% showed exemplary knowledge and a positive attitude towards VD, respectively, post-intervention. The scores achieved by the students had significantly changed ( p ≤ .01); compared to the knowledge and practice scores of 24.43 ± 7.21 out of 53 and 24.29 ± 5.23 out of 48, respectively, before the intervention, they were elevated to 46.89 ± 9.93 and 29.39 ± 14.23 following the awareness programme. Conclusion This type of health education programme can raise VD deficiency knowledge and improve practices. This study highlights the importance of holding public health awareness campaigns and recommends the creation of specifically designed booklets and leaflets for medical students and patients/visitors to hospital and public places.

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Association of Vitamin D Knowledge, Behavior and Attitude with BMI Status among Arab Adults

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Adopting Health Belief Model to Improve Female Employees’ Knowledge, Beliefs and Preventive Behaviors regarding Vitamin D Deficiency

Adopting Health Belief Model to Improve Female Employees’ Knowledge, Beliefs and Preventive Behaviors regarding Vitamin D Deficiency

Vitamin D Knowledge and Awareness Is Associated with Physical Activity among Adults: A Cross-Sectional Survey

Enhancing knowledge and practices toward Vitamin D deficiency through implementing awareness programs among medical science female students

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