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Knowledge of vitamin D and practices of vitamin D supplementation in a Scottish adult population: A cross-sectional study (Record no. 133242)
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| Personal name | Suzanne M.M. Zaremba |
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| Title | Knowledge of vitamin D and practices of vitamin D supplementation in a Scottish adult population: A cross-sectional study |
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| Extent | pp715-728 |
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| Summary, etc. biblio.abstract | Background: Vitamin D supplementation practices (dose and frequency) are relatively unknown in the Scottish population, with no recent up-to-date data available. Reassessing current knowledge, practices, and awareness of vitamin D supplementation following a national health campaign in 2020 by Food Standards Scotland on vitamin D is warranted. Aim: This article aims to present the knowledge and awareness of vitamin D, and current vitamin D supplementation practices in adults living in Scotland. Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed between June and July 2022 using an online survey adapted from previous work on assessing knowledge of vitamin D in adults. Participants aged 18+, living in Scotland for ≥6 months were eligible to participate. Scores for knowledge were calculated as a percentage. Univariate associations between demographic and supplement use were established by χ2-test and logistic regression performed to predict factors associated with daily vitamin D intake. Results: Four hundred and three participants (72.7% female), mean age 36.4 (±14.2 years), completed the study. Awareness of vitamin D was very high (99.5%) but the mean overall knowledge score was poor (31.4 ± 15.3%), with those with a university degree more likely to have knowledge scores at/above the mean compared with those with lower levels of education, χ2(1, N = 393) 10.7, p = 0.001, odds ratio (OR) = 2.1 (95% confidence interval (CI) 1.7–2.7). Finally, 64.3% took vitamin D supplements, of which 37.5% took them daily during winter months, with only 7.4% taking the recommended daily dose. Conclusion: The current study highlights the need to improve both knowledge of vitamin D and practices of vitamin D supplementation during the autumn and winter months in Scotland. |
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| Subject | <a href="Vitamin D">Vitamin D</a> |
| -- | <a href="Supplementation ">Supplementation </a> |
| -- | <a href="knowledge">knowledge</a> |
| -- | <a href="awareness">awareness</a> |
| -- | <a href="scotland">scotland</a> |
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| Personal name | Karen Conduit-Turner |
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| Host Biblionumber | 133241 |
| Host Itemnumber | 114435 |
| Main entry heading | Sophia Quirke-McFarlane |
| Title | You just eyeball it’: Parent and nursery staff perceptions and influences on child portion size: A reflexive thematic analysis |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | SNDT Juhu | SNDT Juhu | 07/11/2025 | jp963.32 | 07/11/2025 | 07/11/2025 | Journal Article |