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Awareness of the Dangers of High Salt Intake among the Urban Omani Population
OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to assess the knowledge, attitudes and practices of the general public in Oman regarding the dangers of high salt intake. METHODS: This cross-sectional questionnaire-based survey was conducted among the urban population in Oman. Individuals aged ≥18 were invited to join...
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Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, College of Medicine & Health Sciences
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7574804/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33110652 http://dx.doi.org/10.18295/squmj.2020.20.03.016 |
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author | Al-Riyami, Hassan Al-Abdulsalam, Qusay Al-Khayari, Ali Al-Mushrafi, Hilal Al-Alawi, Ziyad Al-Hashmi, Khamis Nadar, Sunil K. |
author_facet | Al-Riyami, Hassan Al-Abdulsalam, Qusay Al-Khayari, Ali Al-Mushrafi, Hilal Al-Alawi, Ziyad Al-Hashmi, Khamis Nadar, Sunil K. |
author_sort | Al-Riyami, Hassan |
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description | OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to assess the knowledge, attitudes and practices of the general public in Oman regarding the dangers of high salt intake. METHODS: This cross-sectional questionnaire-based survey was conducted among the urban population in Oman. Individuals aged ≥18 were invited to join the study. RESULTS: A total of 1,214 respondents (mean age 34 ± 10 years) answered the questionnaire. The majority were male (65.8%), employed (69.4%) and some were hypertensive (14.3%). Most (90.9%) were aware that excess salt can cause diseases such as hypertension and that it is either somewhat important (51.2%) or very important (42.9%) to reduce salt in the diet. However, only 42.2% said that they actively try to reduce salt in their diet. CONCLUSION: Although most people in urban areas of Oman appear to be aware of the dangers of high salt intake, only a few are actively trying to reduce it. More educational activities are required to improve awareness. |
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spelling | pubmed-75748042020-10-26 Awareness of the Dangers of High Salt Intake among the Urban Omani Population Al-Riyami, Hassan Al-Abdulsalam, Qusay Al-Khayari, Ali Al-Mushrafi, Hilal Al-Alawi, Ziyad Al-Hashmi, Khamis Nadar, Sunil K. Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J Brief Communication OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to assess the knowledge, attitudes and practices of the general public in Oman regarding the dangers of high salt intake. METHODS: This cross-sectional questionnaire-based survey was conducted among the urban population in Oman. Individuals aged ≥18 were invited to join the study. RESULTS: A total of 1,214 respondents (mean age 34 ± 10 years) answered the questionnaire. The majority were male (65.8%), employed (69.4%) and some were hypertensive (14.3%). Most (90.9%) were aware that excess salt can cause diseases such as hypertension and that it is either somewhat important (51.2%) or very important (42.9%) to reduce salt in the diet. However, only 42.2% said that they actively try to reduce salt in their diet. CONCLUSION: Although most people in urban areas of Oman appear to be aware of the dangers of high salt intake, only a few are actively trying to reduce it. More educational activities are required to improve awareness. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, College of Medicine & Health Sciences 2020-08 2020-10-05 /pmc/articles/PMC7574804/ /pubmed/33110652 http://dx.doi.org/10.18295/squmj.2020.20.03.016 Text en © Copyright 2020, Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, All Rights Reserved This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Brief Communication Al-Riyami, Hassan Al-Abdulsalam, Qusay Al-Khayari, Ali Al-Mushrafi, Hilal Al-Alawi, Ziyad Al-Hashmi, Khamis Nadar, Sunil K. Awareness of the Dangers of High Salt Intake among the Urban Omani Population |
title | Awareness of the Dangers of High Salt Intake among the Urban Omani Population |
title_full | Awareness of the Dangers of High Salt Intake among the Urban Omani Population |
title_fullStr | Awareness of the Dangers of High Salt Intake among the Urban Omani Population |
title_full_unstemmed | Awareness of the Dangers of High Salt Intake among the Urban Omani Population |
title_short | Awareness of the Dangers of High Salt Intake among the Urban Omani Population |
title_sort | awareness of the dangers of high salt intake among the urban omani population |
topic | Brief Communication |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7574804/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33110652 http://dx.doi.org/10.18295/squmj.2020.20.03.016 |
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