2018
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph15061058
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Prevalence, Knowledge and Attitudes Concerning Dietary Supplements among a Student Population in Croatia

Abstract: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of usage and the knowledge and attitudes towards dietary supplements among medical sciences and nonmedical sciences students from Croatia. The study was conducted based on a questionnaire about dietary supplement usage, knowledge and attitudes. The prevalence of dietary supplement use, among 910 university students was 30.5%. The most-used dietary supplements were vitamins (18.0% in medical sciences students and 9.8% in non-medical sciences students). For a… Show more

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“…This trend is consistent with our previous report [22]. However, the prevalence in adolescents was still lower than in the USA (32%) [13] or European countries (16.4-69.0%) [16,17,19]. New finding in this study is that the ratio of concomitant use of dietary supplement and medicine was also increased with children's age from 1.4% in one to three years to 6.0% in HS.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 92%
“…This trend is consistent with our previous report [22]. However, the prevalence in adolescents was still lower than in the USA (32%) [13] or European countries (16.4-69.0%) [16,17,19]. New finding in this study is that the ratio of concomitant use of dietary supplement and medicine was also increased with children's age from 1.4% in one to three years to 6.0% in HS.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 92%
“…In each logistic regression model, the use of dietary supplements was the dependent variable, and ON was the independent variable. The variables identified as significant in the literature 10,12,13,26,31 and those found statistically significant in the univariate analysis (age, sex, the monthly income level of the family, perceived health status, number of main meals, BMI) were included as covariates in the models. Adjusted odds ratios were given at 95% confidence intervals.…”
Section: Orthorexia Nervosa Scalementioning
confidence: 99%
“…In many studies conducted with students studying in health-related departments, the participants report most frequently using vitamin and mineral supplements, as in the present study. 6,13,33 This trend may be due to the fact that vitamin and mineral supplements are easily accessible; they are sold not only in pharmacies but also elsewhere without a prescription. Moreover, they are perceived as natural products that are harmless to health owing to promotion in the media.…”
Section: Ethical Approvalmentioning
confidence: 99%
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