Original Research
IJMDC. 2017; 1(1): 18-23
Vitamin D deficiency among high school female students in Riyadh
Authors: Sahar Mohsen Aldhafeeri, Fatemah Ibraheem Alrawaji, Abrar Mubarak Algharbi, Alanoud Abdullah Alhessan, Ayat Sami Qabaja, Ghaleah Abdulaziz Alnassar, Ghaliah Ofayn Alsulami, Mashael Belal Alrubaian, Norah Abdulaziz Alhatim, Salehah Salih Alotaibi, Zahra Ali Alkhamees.
ABSTRACT
Objectives: the research aims to detect the awareness of level of vitamin D in females and to identify the risk factors of vitamin D deficiency in female students. Methodology: cross-sectional study covered a number of females in governmental high schools in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in the academic year 2014; 200 female students from 6 governmental high schools were selected randomly. Results: knowledge about sunlight as a source of vitamin D is high with 82.50%. Knowledge about vitamin D deficiency causing generalized pain is estimated with 45%. Conclusion: proportion of vitamin D deficiency among participants was high. Despite the good knowledge that sun is the major source of vitamin D, the practice of sunlight exposure was not enough among high school students. Also the practice of supplementation was below expectation. We recommend motivation to take action regarding vitamin D status and to increase exposure time to sunlight.
Keywords:
Vitamin D, deficiency, female students
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Sahar Mohsen Aldhafeeri
King Saud Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Fatemah Ibraheem Alrawaji
King Saud Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Abrar Mubarak Algharbi
King Saud Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Alanoud Abdullah Alhessan
King Saud Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Ayat Sami Qabaja
King Saud Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Ghaleah Abdulaziz Alnassar
King Saud Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Ghaliah Ofayn Alsulami
King Saud Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Mashael Belal Alrubaian
King Saud Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Norah Abdulaziz Alhatim
King Saud Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Salehah Salih Alotaibi
King Saud Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Zahra Ali Alkhamees
King Saud Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Sahar Mohsen Aldhafeeri, Fatemah Ibraheem Alrawaji, Abrar Mubarak Algharbi, Alanoud Abdullah Alhessan, Ayat Sami Qabaja, Ghaleah Abdulaziz Alnassar, Ghaliah Ofayn Alsulami, Mashael Belal Alrubaian, Norah Abdulaziz Alhatim, Salehah Salih Alotaibi, Zahra Ali Alkhamees. Vitamin D deficiency among high school female students in Riyadh. IJMDC. 2017; 1(1): 18-23. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.1.1.4
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Sahar Mohsen Aldhafeeri, Fatemah Ibraheem Alrawaji, Abrar Mubarak Algharbi, Alanoud Abdullah Alhessan, Ayat Sami Qabaja, Ghaleah Abdulaziz Alnassar, Ghaliah Ofayn Alsulami, Mashael Belal Alrubaian, Norah Abdulaziz Alhatim, Salehah Salih Alotaibi, Zahra Ali Alkhamees. Vitamin D deficiency among high school female students in Riyadh. https://www.ijmdc.com/?mno=280049 [Access: March 22, 2023]. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.1.1.4
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Sahar Mohsen Aldhafeeri, Fatemah Ibraheem Alrawaji, Abrar Mubarak Algharbi, Alanoud Abdullah Alhessan, Ayat Sami Qabaja, Ghaleah Abdulaziz Alnassar, Ghaliah Ofayn Alsulami, Mashael Belal Alrubaian, Norah Abdulaziz Alhatim, Salehah Salih Alotaibi, Zahra Ali Alkhamees. Vitamin D deficiency among high school female students in Riyadh. IJMDC. 2017; 1(1): 18-23. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.1.1.4
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Sahar Mohsen Aldhafeeri, Fatemah Ibraheem Alrawaji, Abrar Mubarak Algharbi, Alanoud Abdullah Alhessan, Ayat Sami Qabaja, Ghaleah Abdulaziz Alnassar, Ghaliah Ofayn Alsulami, Mashael Belal Alrubaian, Norah Abdulaziz Alhatim, Salehah Salih Alotaibi, Zahra Ali Alkhamees. Vitamin D deficiency among high school female students in Riyadh. IJMDC. (2017), [cited March 22, 2023]; 1(1): 18-23. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.1.1.4
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Sahar Mohsen Aldhafeeri, Fatemah Ibraheem Alrawaji, Abrar Mubarak Algharbi, Alanoud Abdullah Alhessan, Ayat Sami Qabaja, Ghaleah Abdulaziz Alnassar, Ghaliah Ofayn Alsulami, Mashael Belal Alrubaian, Norah Abdulaziz Alhatim, Salehah Salih Alotaibi, Zahra Ali Alkhamees (2017) Vitamin D deficiency among high school female students in Riyadh. IJMDC, 1 (1), 18-23. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.1.1.4
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Sahar Mohsen Aldhafeeri, Fatemah Ibraheem Alrawaji, Abrar Mubarak Algharbi, Alanoud Abdullah Alhessan, Ayat Sami Qabaja, Ghaleah Abdulaziz Alnassar, Ghaliah Ofayn Alsulami, Mashael Belal Alrubaian, Norah Abdulaziz Alhatim, Salehah Salih Alotaibi, Zahra Ali Alkhamees. 2017. Vitamin D deficiency among high school female students in Riyadh. International Journal of Medicine in Developing Countries, 1 (1), 18-23. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.1.1.4
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Sahar Mohsen Aldhafeeri, Fatemah Ibraheem Alrawaji, Abrar Mubarak Algharbi, Alanoud Abdullah Alhessan, Ayat Sami Qabaja, Ghaleah Abdulaziz Alnassar, Ghaliah Ofayn Alsulami, Mashael Belal Alrubaian, Norah Abdulaziz Alhatim, Salehah Salih Alotaibi, Zahra Ali Alkhamees. "Vitamin D deficiency among high school female students in Riyadh." International Journal of Medicine in Developing Countries 1 (2017), 18-23. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.1.1.4
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Sahar Mohsen Aldhafeeri, Fatemah Ibraheem Alrawaji, Abrar Mubarak Algharbi, Alanoud Abdullah Alhessan, Ayat Sami Qabaja, Ghaleah Abdulaziz Alnassar, Ghaliah Ofayn Alsulami, Mashael Belal Alrubaian, Norah Abdulaziz Alhatim, Salehah Salih Alotaibi, Zahra Ali Alkhamees. "Vitamin D deficiency among high school female students in Riyadh." International Journal of Medicine in Developing Countries 1.1 (2017), 18-23. Print. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.1.1.4
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Sahar Mohsen Aldhafeeri, Fatemah Ibraheem Alrawaji, Abrar Mubarak Algharbi, Alanoud Abdullah Alhessan, Ayat Sami Qabaja, Ghaleah Abdulaziz Alnassar, Ghaliah Ofayn Alsulami, Mashael Belal Alrubaian, Norah Abdulaziz Alhatim, Salehah Salih Alotaibi, Zahra Ali Alkhamees (2017) Vitamin D deficiency among high school female students in Riyadh. International Journal of Medicine in Developing Countries, 1 (1), 18-23. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.1.1.4
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