Abstract
Vitamin D also known as the sunshine vitamin, helps in bone metabolism and calcium homeostasis. It is estimated that one billion people in the world have vitamin D deficiency making it a public health problem. The objective of this study is to find out the knowledge regarding vitamin D among first-year medical undergraduate students of a medical college. This is a descriptive cross-sectional study carried out from 2nd February 2020 to 15th February 2020 at Kathmandu Medical College Teaching Hospital, Duwakot among medical undergraduate students of a medical college. Ethical clearance was received from the Institutional Review Committee of Kathmandu Medical College Teaching Hospital (Reference Number: 2812201809). A structured self-designed multiple-choice questionnaire on vitamin D knowledge was used. Convenient sampling method was applied and statistical analysis was done with Statistical Package for the Social Sciences 20 version. Out of total 157 undergraduate medical students, 21 (13.3%) exhibited good knowledge, 116 (73.9.8%) had average, and 20 (12.8%) had poor knowledge. There were 83 (52.9%) Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery students, 39 (24.8%) were Bachelor of Dental Surgery and 35 (22.3%) were Nursing students. We found a satisfactory level of knowledge of vitamin D among first-year undergraduate medical students of a medical college when compared to similar studies. The majority of students from all three disciplines had average knowledge of vitamin D.
Highlights
Vitamin D known as the sunshine vitamin, helps in bone metabolism and calcium homeostasis
The main objective of this study is to find out the knowledge regarding vitamin D among first-year medical undergraduate students of medical college
Ethical approval was obtained from the Institutional Review Committee of Kathmandu Medical College Teaching Hospital (Reference Number .2812201809) and written consent was signed by all participants
Summary
Vitamin D known as the sunshine vitamin, helps in bone metabolism and calcium homeostasis. Vitamin D is a fat-soluble, sunshine hormone needed during infancy, adolescence, adulthood, and pregnancy. It is important for normal calcium absorption from the gut and bone growth.[1,2] Sunlight is the best source of vitamin D and its presence in food is limited.[3] Cutaneous synthesis of vitamin D is obtained by the conversion of 7-dehydrocholesterol shown a certain gaps of knowledge and its perception regarding its importance.[7] As they are future health providers, it will help for the progression of healthpromoting behaviors for themselves and the community.[8] The main objective of this study is to find out the knowledge regarding vitamin D among first-year medical undergraduate students of medical college
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