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Dietary Supplementation Practices Among Undergraduate Students in Greece During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Their Association with COVID-19-related Anxiety

BACKGROUND: Despite the lack of evidence-based guidance on supplement use for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19, consumption of dietary supplements has been shown to increase in many countries. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to explore the use of dietary supplements among undergraduate students....

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Autores principales: Kontopoulou, Lamprini, Vasara, Eleni, Paraskevadaki, Eva, Karpetas, Georgios, Papathanasiou, Ioanna V., Gourgoulianis, Konstantinos I.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AVICENA, d.o.o., Sarajevo 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10495152/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37701339
http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/msm.2023.35.154-161
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author Kontopoulou, Lamprini
Vasara, Eleni
Paraskevadaki, Eva
Karpetas, Georgios
Papathanasiou, Ioanna V.
Gourgoulianis, Konstantinos I.
author_facet Kontopoulou, Lamprini
Vasara, Eleni
Paraskevadaki, Eva
Karpetas, Georgios
Papathanasiou, Ioanna V.
Gourgoulianis, Konstantinos I.
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description BACKGROUND: Despite the lack of evidence-based guidance on supplement use for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19, consumption of dietary supplements has been shown to increase in many countries. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to explore the use of dietary supplements among undergraduate students. METHODS: An online cross-sectional survey was conducted between May and June 2021, involving a total of 536 participants (57.8% female) aged between 18-30 years in two university towns in central and northern Greece. Two validated questionnaires were used regarding dietary supplements and stress during COVID-19. RESULTS: The prevalence of dietary supplement use was 67.5%. The three most popular supplements consumed were vitamin C (65.2%), followed by vitamin D (58.3%), and multivitamin and mineral supplements (56.9%). The use of CAS-5 indicated that 13.1% of students were classified as having dysfunctional anxiety due to COVID-19 (CAS-5 score ≥5). Logistic regression analysis showed that those who exhibited CAS-5 ≥5 were over two times more likely to consume supplements compared to no-stress participants (OR 2.29, 95%CI: 1.09-4.82). Particularly vitamin D use was associated with CAS score ≥5 (OR 2.18, 95%CI 1.22-3.89) a finding that was not observed with other types of dietary supplements. CONCLUSION: Women, passive smokers, and those who believe that DS are necessary during the COVID-19 pandemic were also more likely to consume dietary supplements. The use of dietary supplements is widespread among Greek students. Future studies should be conducted to monitor whether these increases in DS use are maintained.
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spelling pubmed-104951522023-09-12 Dietary Supplementation Practices Among Undergraduate Students in Greece During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Their Association with COVID-19-related Anxiety Kontopoulou, Lamprini Vasara, Eleni Paraskevadaki, Eva Karpetas, Georgios Papathanasiou, Ioanna V. Gourgoulianis, Konstantinos I. Mater Sociomed Original Paper BACKGROUND: Despite the lack of evidence-based guidance on supplement use for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19, consumption of dietary supplements has been shown to increase in many countries. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to explore the use of dietary supplements among undergraduate students. METHODS: An online cross-sectional survey was conducted between May and June 2021, involving a total of 536 participants (57.8% female) aged between 18-30 years in two university towns in central and northern Greece. Two validated questionnaires were used regarding dietary supplements and stress during COVID-19. RESULTS: The prevalence of dietary supplement use was 67.5%. The three most popular supplements consumed were vitamin C (65.2%), followed by vitamin D (58.3%), and multivitamin and mineral supplements (56.9%). The use of CAS-5 indicated that 13.1% of students were classified as having dysfunctional anxiety due to COVID-19 (CAS-5 score ≥5). Logistic regression analysis showed that those who exhibited CAS-5 ≥5 were over two times more likely to consume supplements compared to no-stress participants (OR 2.29, 95%CI: 1.09-4.82). Particularly vitamin D use was associated with CAS score ≥5 (OR 2.18, 95%CI 1.22-3.89) a finding that was not observed with other types of dietary supplements. CONCLUSION: Women, passive smokers, and those who believe that DS are necessary during the COVID-19 pandemic were also more likely to consume dietary supplements. The use of dietary supplements is widespread among Greek students. Future studies should be conducted to monitor whether these increases in DS use are maintained. AVICENA, d.o.o., Sarajevo 2023 /pmc/articles/PMC10495152/ /pubmed/37701339 http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/msm.2023.35.154-161 Text en © 2023 Lamprini Kontopoulou, Eleni Vasara, Eva Paraskevadaki, Georgios Karpetas, Ioanna V. Papathanasiou, Konstantinos I. Gourgoulianis https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Original Paper
Kontopoulou, Lamprini
Vasara, Eleni
Paraskevadaki, Eva
Karpetas, Georgios
Papathanasiou, Ioanna V.
Gourgoulianis, Konstantinos I.
Dietary Supplementation Practices Among Undergraduate Students in Greece During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Their Association with COVID-19-related Anxiety
title Dietary Supplementation Practices Among Undergraduate Students in Greece During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Their Association with COVID-19-related Anxiety
title_full Dietary Supplementation Practices Among Undergraduate Students in Greece During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Their Association with COVID-19-related Anxiety
title_fullStr Dietary Supplementation Practices Among Undergraduate Students in Greece During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Their Association with COVID-19-related Anxiety
title_full_unstemmed Dietary Supplementation Practices Among Undergraduate Students in Greece During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Their Association with COVID-19-related Anxiety
title_short Dietary Supplementation Practices Among Undergraduate Students in Greece During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Their Association with COVID-19-related Anxiety
title_sort dietary supplementation practices among undergraduate students in greece during the covid-19 pandemic and their association with covid-19-related anxiety
topic Original Paper
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10495152/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37701339
http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/msm.2023.35.154-161
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