Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Mothers Attending Kudai and Al-Hijrah Primary Health Care Center in Makkah towards Vitamin D Supplementation to Their Infants 2021

Anwar Hameed Alharbi^1, , Abrar Faleh Albarakati¹ and Jehad Helal Alqurashi²

¹Family medicine resident, MOH-MAKKAH, Saudi Arabia

²consultant of Preventive medicine, MOH-MAKKAH, Saudi Arabia

Cite this paper:
Anwar Hameed Alharbi, Abrar Faleh Albarakati and Jehad Helal Alqurashi. Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Mothers Attending Kudai and Al-Hijrah Primary Health Care Center in Makkah towards Vitamin D Supplementation to Their Infants 2021. American Journal of Medical Sciences and Medicine. 2022; 10(1):1-10. doi: 10.12691/ajmsm-10-1-1

Abstract

A descriptive study design carried out to assess the mother's knowledge, attitudes and practices toward vitamin D supplementation to their infants at the south sector of Makkah Al-Mukarramah (Kudai and Al-Hijrah PHC center in the well-baby and vaccination clinics). The study sample includes (366) mothers of infants of one year or less attending Kudai and Al-Hijrah PHC center in Makkah city for well-baby clinic and vaccination clinic and all nationalities. The study instrument is a questionnaire composed of 4 parts includes: sociodemographic characteristic, knowledge, attitudes, and practices about vitamin D supplementation. The data collected from the respondents by using questionnaire. Content validity of the instrument was determined by panel of experts, while the reliability of the questionnaire determined by internal consistency reliability (Cronbach’s Alpha reliability), and analyzed electronically by (SPSS) application. The study findings indicated that the highest proportion of mothers aged 15-35 years, secondary and highly educated, 85% not working. Doctor is the main source of information. The majority of mothers have weak to average knowledge, average to high attitude and high to average practice. Significant differences were found at mothers' knowledge in relation to age, nationality, education, occupation and income. Significant differences were found at mothers' attitude in relation to nationality, education, and income. Additionally, significant differences were found between mothers' practices in relation to education, and income.

Keywords:
knowledge attitude practice mothers vitamin D supplementation infants

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

References:

[1]	Drezner MK, Causes of vitamin D deficiency and resistance. (2019). Available at uptodate.com. Retived at December 2021.
[2]	Dratva J, Merten S, Ackermann-Liebrich U, Vitamin D supplementation in Swiss infants. Swiss Medical Weekly, 2006; 136(29-30), 473-481.
[3]	World Health Organization. Vitamin d supplementation for infants 2017. Available from: https://www.who.int/elena/titles/bbc/vitamind_infants/en/.
[4]	Al-Daghri NM, Vitamin D in Saudi Arabia: prevalence, distribution and disease associations. The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2018; 175, 102-107.
[5]	AlFaleh KM, Al-Manie AM, Al-Mahmoud HF, Al-Razqan HM, Al-Mutlaq AB, Al-Rumaih SA, Al-Mandeel HM, Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in Saudi newborns at a tertiary care center. Saudi Medical Journal, 2014; 35(2): 178-182.
[6]	Rasheed TAW, Knowledge, attitude and practice of Iraqi mothers towards Vitamin D supplementation to their infants in Baghdad Al-Rusafa 2016. Al-Kindy College Medical Journal, 2017; 13(2): 111-116.
[7]	Alramdhan AM, El-Zubair AG, Poor vitamin D supplementation in infants. Saudi Medical Journal, 2014; 35(1): 67-71.
[8]	Franklin M, Knowledge and attitude of vitamin D and sun exposure practices amongst New Zealand mothers with children aged five years and under: a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Nutrition and Dietetics, Massey University, Albany, New Zealand (Doctoral dissertation, Massey University) 2019.
[9]	Oberhelman SS, Cozine EW, Umaretiya PJ, Maxson JA, Thacher TD, Vitamin D and the breastfeeding infant: family medicine clinicians’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices. Journal of Human Lactation, 2018; 34(2): 331-336.
[10]	Pawley N, Bishop NJ, Prenatal and infant predictors of bone health: the influence of vitamin D. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2004; 80(6):1748S-1751S.
[11]	Abbas, HF, Kassim, NM, Hameed IH, Danook, AS. Assessment of knowledge, attitudes, and traditional preventive practices of the mothers toward vitamin (d) deficiency among children in the middle euphrates pediatric teaching hospitals. Turkish Journal of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, 2021; 32(3): 16460-16486.
[12]	Soliman NS, Wahdan MM, Abouelezz NF, Sabbour SM, Knowledge, Attitude and Practice towards Vitamin D Importance and Supplementation among Mothers of under Five Children in a Primary Health Care Center in Cairo. Egyptian Journal of Community Medicine, 2020; 38(4): 62-75.
[13]	Rasheed H, Hegazy RA, Gawdat HI, et al. Serum Vitamin D, Vitamin D, Receptor Gene Polymorphism in Mycosis Fungoides Patients: A Case Control Study. PLoS One. 2016; 11(6): e0158014.
[14]	Al-Marzook D, Al-Ameri D, Al-Hayayi E, Knowledge, attitude and practice of vitamin D supplementation status among 6-month-old infants in Abu Dhabi. International Journal of Medical and Pharmacological Sciences, 2016; 7: 232.
[15]	Khadrawi I, Vitamin D Supplementation Practices during Pregnancy and Infancy among a Sample of Muslim Women in Ireland and Saudi Arabia.‏ MSc Thesis, Technological University Dublin, 2013.
[16]	Zadka K, Pałkowska-Goździk E, Rosołowska-Huszcz D, The state of knowledge about nutrition sources of vitamin D, its role in the human body, and necessity of supplementation among parents in central poland. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2018; 15(7): 1489.