サウジアラビアのビタミンDサプリメント:母親の知識,習慣,態度
Hanan F Alharbi1, Khulud Ahmad Rezq2
1Maternity and Pediatric Nursing Department, College of Nursing, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
PeerJ
|September 2, 2025
まとめ
サウジアラビアでは,太陽が当たっているにもかかわらず,ビタミンDの欠乏は一般的です. この研究では,母親はビタミンD (VIT D) 補給に関する知識と慣行が不足していることが判明しましたが,その姿勢はポジティブで,教育の改善の必要性を強調しています.
科学分野:
- 公衆衛生
- 栄養学
- 母親 の 健康
背景:
- サウジアラビア (KSA) のような熱帯地域では,ビタミンD欠乏が重大な公衆衛生問題です.
- 食事と日光への曝露の制限は,ビタミンD (VIT D) 欠乏症の蔓延に寄与する.
- 母親がVITDの補給についてどう感じているかを知ることは 子供の欠乏症に対処する上で極めて重要です
研究 の 目的:
- KSAにおける母親の知識,慣行,およびビタミンD (VIT D) 補給に対する母親の態度を評価する.
- VIT D補給に対する母親の認識に影響を与える社会経済的および人口学的要因を特定する.
- 母親と幼児のVITD状態を改善するための標的型介入の情報提供
主な方法:
- KSAでは観察的,横断的な研究が行われました.
- 5歳未満の子供を持つ200人の母親は,コンビニエンスサンプリングで採用されました.
- データはWhatsAppとFacebookで配布されたアンケートを使用して収集され,SPSSを使用して分析されました.
主要な成果:
- 母親の66.40%はビタミンD (VIT D) とその補給に関する知識が不足していた.
- 22.95%が良い例を報告し, 33.20%が悪い例を報告した.
- VIT Dの補給に対する積極的な態度 (95%) が認められ,社会経済的要因と知識/慣行/態度との間には相関が認められた.
結論:
- ビタミンD (VIT D) 補給に関する母親のポジティブな態度と知識と実践の間で大きなギャップが存在します.
- 介入は,母親の教育と社会経済的な地位を考慮して,知識と実践の不足に対処する必要があります.
- 女性のVITDの理解を深めることは,南アフリカにおける子どもの健康の改善に不可欠です.
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