International Journal of Medical Research & Health Sciences
  • Year: 2020
  • Volume: 9
  • Issue: 4

Knowledge and attitude towards vitamin d deficiency in ha’il region: A community-based study

  • Author:
  • Abdelmuhsin Omer Ahmed Hassan1, Khalid Farhan Alshammari1, Abdulrahman Ahmed Alkhateeb1, Abdullah Dawas Altamimi1, Abdulaziz Khalid Al Shammari1, Mohammed Salem Alharbi1, Sumayyah Mohammad Almarshedy1, Gadelkarim Ahmed Hussain23,
  • Total Page Count: 8
  • Page Number: 8 to 15

1Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Ha’il, Saudi Arabia

2Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, University of Ha’il, Saudi Arabia

3Department of Histopathology and Cytology, FMLS, University of Khartoum, Sudan

*Corresponding e-mail: am.hassan@uoh.edu.sa

Online published on 1 October, 2020.

Abstract

Vitamin D deficiency represents a major health problem in Saudi Arabia. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the Knowledge and attitude towards vitamin D deficiency in Ha’il Region (Northern Saudi Arabia).

A total of 500 Saudi volunteers living in the city of Ha’il and surrounding towns were included during the period from January 2020 to March 2020. Adults aged 15 years or older were randomly selected regardless of gender, occupation or marital status.

Out of the 500 study subjects, 214 (42.8%) did previous vitamin D testing (72/207 (34.8%) males and 142/293 (48.5%) were females). Females were significantly better for testing their vitamin D status than males (p=0.0032).

Vitamin D deficiency is highly prevalent in Ha’il Region. Although-there is a relatively higher awareness level towards vitamin D sources, vitamin D testing, as well as knowledge about-vitamin D deficiency-related disorders are poor among Saudi living in Ha’il Region.

Keywords

Vitamin D, Saudi Arabia, Ha’il region, Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis, Musculoskeletal disease