Abstract: The prevalence use of multivitamins supplements give us indication the interest the peoples with their health life and precise details in their life that help us in form healthy environment for the public. It use under certain circumstance depend on life styles and another factor like age, gender, socioeconomic state, physical activity and health state.
We expect that more than 50%of medical student at taif university Saudi Arabia use multivitamins supplement for give them concentration and give them power for study.
Our objectives are determine the prevalence of multivitamins supplement use among medical student at taif university Saudi Arabia. Determine factor that lead to use it.
Our methods will be a cross-sectional survey was carried out among medical school at Taif University, taif, Saudi Arabia from November to January 2016. The survey included 100 students aged 19-28 years. Simple sampling technique will use to recruit the participants from medical student at Taif University. A self-administered questionnaire containing questions on use of vitamin mineral supplement during the last year, demographic, and lifestyle characteristics.
Research methodology: A cross-sectional survey on the use of multi-vitamins supplements was conducted on 100 students attending Taif university between 1st of December until the 1st of January. Taif university is a large sized and a public university. It consists of 12 faculties, located in Taif city which is located in Mecca province of Saudi Arabia and has a population of 500,000.
A quantitative research technique was used, which was approved by the deanship of student’s affairs. At the first stage, a stratified sampling technique was used, the faculty of medicine was selected. At the second stage, classes were visited by the research team to clarify the study, the students showed their willingness to participate in the study. Then a schedule for the next visit was given to complete the questionnaire. At the second visit, a self-administered questionnaire was completed by the students in the presence of a member of the research team. (numbers and percentages taken from the questionnaire must be mentioned).
A pre-tested questionnaire consisted of 2 sections. The first section of the questionnaire included general demographic information such as age, gender, family monthly income, as well as information on selected lifestyle characteristics such as smoking status, physical activity, vegetarian status, and body height, and weight. (Here we clarify the details about the questionnaire), the second section of the questionnaire included a series of questions on students’ use of multi-vitamins supplements during the last year. If the participants reported taking a supplement, they were asked to indicate the number, name, frequency of use, dosage, reason for use, and source of information of the supplement. Each supplement was classi ed into one of 3 product type classes based on their general nutrient/ingredient composition. the 3 classes were: vitamins, minerals, and vitamin-mineral combinations.
Data entry and statistical analysis were performed using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) program. Frequency and range checks were performed initially to detect errors in the data entry. Detected errors were corrected by rechecking the original data forms.
Main result: Our findings suggest that 41% of students consume multivitamins supplements and that rate is close to the values found by studies conducted worldwide such as among university students in USA (47-74%), students in South Africa (42%) and in Korea (58%) (1). For healthy individuals, supplements could be a temporary alternative to compensate a lack of nutrients but personal and society efforts should be conducted to provide healthy eat and way of life to promote mental and physical health.
Keywords: Prevalence Use, Multivitamins Supplements, At Taif University.
Title: Prevalence of Multivitamins Supplement Use and Associated Factors to Use It among Medical Student at Taif University Saudi Arabia
Author: Abdullah Alghamdi, Muhanad Mohammed Alghamdi, Rami Ayidh Almalki, Mohammed Humayyed Alotaibi, Abdullah Abdulaziz Alshehri
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
ISSN 2348-5728 (Online)
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