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Prevalence, reasons, and determinants of dietary supplements use among undergraduate female students of health and non-health colleges in a Saudi public university

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  • Md Ashraful Islam
  • Aseel Fuad Al-karasneh
  • Mehwish Rizvi
  • Zeb-Un Nisa
  • Ahmed Majed Albakheet
  • Mohammed Abdullah Alshagawi
  • Muhammad Shahid Iqbal
  • Abdullah Isa Almuzel
  • Hani Sadiq Al Afif
  • Mansour Adam Mahmoud
  • Alnada Abdalla Mohamed Ibrahim
  • Mohammad Akbar Hossain
  • Muhammad Bilal Maqsood
  • Atta Abbas Naqvi
  • Abdul Haseeb
  • Shazia Jamshed

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Purpose: The aim of this study was to gather data from female students studying in both health and non-health colleges at Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University and report the prevalence, reasons, and determinants of dietary supplements use. Methods: A month-long cross-sectional study was conducted in health and non-health colleges affiliated to Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. Convenient sampling was employed, and the data was gathered through an online survey using the English and Arabic versions of the Dietary Supplement Questionnaire (DSQ). The data was analyzed using SPSS version 23 and Medcalc. The study was approved by an ethics committee. Results: Data from 545 participants was collected. The overall prevalence of dietary supplement use was 32.7% (95% CI: 29.06%– 36.51%). The prevalence was 29.77% (95% CI: 25.29%– 34.56%) among students at all health colleges combined and, it was 37.50% (95% CI: 31.36%– 43.96%) among students at all non-health colleges. Most students used a brand product, spent a monthly cost of SAR 286 (USD 76.3) on supplements and agreed that supplements were good for health (N = 392, 71.9%). Students from non-health- colleges agreed that dietary supplements are good for health in greater numbers as compared to non-health college students (p

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  • Md Ashraful Islam & Aseel Fuad Al-karasneh & Mehwish Rizvi & Zeb-Un Nisa & Ahmed Majed Albakheet & Mohammed Abdullah Alshagawi & Muhammad Shahid Iqbal & Abdullah Isa Almuzel & Hani Sadiq Al Afif & Man, 2021. "Prevalence, reasons, and determinants of dietary supplements use among undergraduate female students of health and non-health colleges in a Saudi public university," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 16(3), pages 1-16, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0247295
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0247295
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