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Prevalence, Knowledge and Attitudes Concerning Dietary Supplements among a Student Population in Croatia

The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of usage and the knowledge and attitudes towards dietary supplements among medical sciences and nonmedical sciences students from Croatia. The study was conducted based on a questionnaire about dietary supplement usage, knowledge and attitudes. T...

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Autores principales: Žeželj, Sandra Pavičić, Tomljanović, Ana, Jovanović, Gordana Kenđel, Krešić, Greta, Peloza, Olga Cvijanović, Dragaš-Zubalj, Nataša, Prokurica, Iva Pavlinić
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Publicado: MDPI 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6025528/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29882906
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15061058
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author Žeželj, Sandra Pavičić
Tomljanović, Ana
Jovanović, Gordana Kenđel
Krešić, Greta
Peloza, Olga Cvijanović
Dragaš-Zubalj, Nataša
Prokurica, Iva Pavlinić
author_facet Žeželj, Sandra Pavičić
Tomljanović, Ana
Jovanović, Gordana Kenđel
Krešić, Greta
Peloza, Olga Cvijanović
Dragaš-Zubalj, Nataša
Prokurica, Iva Pavlinić
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description The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of usage and the knowledge and attitudes towards dietary supplements among medical sciences and nonmedical sciences students from Croatia. The study was conducted based on a questionnaire about dietary supplement usage, knowledge and attitudes. The prevalence of dietary supplement use, among 910 university students was 30.5%. The most-used dietary supplements were vitamins (18.0% in medical sciences students and 9.8% in non-medical sciences students). For all students, the internet (66.1%) was the most common source of information, followed by healthcare professionals (33.2%). The most common reason for taking dietary supplements was to maintain good health (26.4%). Use of the internet rather than health professionals as a trusted information source should be revised among this young population. Supplement intake was significantly associated with body mass index (BMI) (p = 0.016) and physical activity (p = 0.050). Students with normal BMI (61.5%) and the most physically active students (37.7%) took significantly more dietary supplements. Results of this study could help medicine faculties to improve their curriculum and support the development of public health messages aimed at wise and safe use of dietary supplements.
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spelling pubmed-60255282018-07-16 Prevalence, Knowledge and Attitudes Concerning Dietary Supplements among a Student Population in Croatia Žeželj, Sandra Pavičić Tomljanović, Ana Jovanović, Gordana Kenđel Krešić, Greta Peloza, Olga Cvijanović Dragaš-Zubalj, Nataša Prokurica, Iva Pavlinić Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of usage and the knowledge and attitudes towards dietary supplements among medical sciences and nonmedical sciences students from Croatia. The study was conducted based on a questionnaire about dietary supplement usage, knowledge and attitudes. The prevalence of dietary supplement use, among 910 university students was 30.5%. The most-used dietary supplements were vitamins (18.0% in medical sciences students and 9.8% in non-medical sciences students). For all students, the internet (66.1%) was the most common source of information, followed by healthcare professionals (33.2%). The most common reason for taking dietary supplements was to maintain good health (26.4%). Use of the internet rather than health professionals as a trusted information source should be revised among this young population. Supplement intake was significantly associated with body mass index (BMI) (p = 0.016) and physical activity (p = 0.050). Students with normal BMI (61.5%) and the most physically active students (37.7%) took significantly more dietary supplements. Results of this study could help medicine faculties to improve their curriculum and support the development of public health messages aimed at wise and safe use of dietary supplements. MDPI 2018-05-23 2018-06 /pmc/articles/PMC6025528/ /pubmed/29882906 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15061058 Text en © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Tomljanović, Ana
Jovanović, Gordana Kenđel
Krešić, Greta
Peloza, Olga Cvijanović
Dragaš-Zubalj, Nataša
Prokurica, Iva Pavlinić
Prevalence, Knowledge and Attitudes Concerning Dietary Supplements among a Student Population in Croatia
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title_sort prevalence, knowledge and attitudes concerning dietary supplements among a student population in croatia
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6025528/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29882906
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15061058
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