Knowledge and Attitude Practice (KAP) of Rickets Disease among Mothers in KSA | ||||
| The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine | ||||
| Article 1, Volume 72, Issue 6, July 2018, Page 4582-4585 PDF (216.09 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhm.2018.9784 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Fahad Saleh Alsuwat1; Nouf Jafer Alzahrani1; Mohammed Ateih Awwad Alsofyani1; Reem Mohammed Alshamrani2; Nadia Abaidullah Ahmed3; Samia Mohammad Babi4; Abdulrahman Talal Qasim1; Emad Ruddah M. Alsofyani  1
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| 1Taif University | ||||
| 2King Abdulaziz University | ||||
| 3Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University | ||||
| 4National Ribat University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Rickets is one of the emerging diseases around the world and its records have been frequently increased among Saudi children. Objective: Our aim of the study was to discuss and improve the knowledge and the awareness of mothers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia about rickets disease and its environmental and nutritional risk factors. Methods: We conducted this cross-sectional retrospective Study at the maternal Children Hospital in Taif, Saudi Arabia. Data were collected using a pre-specified questionnaire after obtaining the patients consent. SPSS software was used to analyze the data. Results: We included 150 mothers with their children. There were 146 (97.3%) of the children with vitamin D deficiency. Conclusion: In Saudi Arabia, there is a need for campaigns that spread awareness among mothers and young adult females about the importance of vitamin D, diets containing adequate levels of it as well the risk factors that cause its deficiency. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Vitamin D; rickets; Mothers; Awareness; Knowledge; children; Saudi Arabia | ||||
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