Knowledge, Practices and Attitudes Regarding Vitamin D Insufficiency among Health Care Workers' Women with COVID-19

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Fellow of Community Health Nursing in Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital. Ain Shams University

2 Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Faculty of Medicine. Ain Shams University.

3 Fellow of Biochemistry in Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital Ain Shams University.

4 Assistant Consultant of Community Health Nursing in Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital. Ain Shams University.

Abstract

Background: Vitamin D insufficiency is a common health issue widespread throughout the world;
however, there are numerous groups that are on the highest risk of insufficiency. The insufficiency
of vitamin D is the grand restrainable and preventable challenge throughout the world. COVID-19
outbreak is a significant health issue and has a universal attention with extant the pandemic of
COVID-19 and the growing cases infected by it. Health care workers' women have the superior risk
of exposure for COVID-19 among the population cannot be overlooked. Aim: Assessing knowledge
practices, and attitudes, regarding vitamin D insufficiency amongst health care workers' women
with COVID-19, in obstetrics and gynecological hospital Ain shams university. Explore the relation
between serum vitamin D level of health care workers' women and severity of COVID-19
symptoms. Methods: A Descriptive-analysis study was proceeded at COVID -19 outpatient clinic
at maternity and gynecological hospital, Ain Shams University, from onset of February to the
ending of April 2021. A purposive sample of 68 health care workers' women with confirmed
COVID-19. Data were gathered through four main tools. The first, structured interviews
questionnaire which consisted of two parts, the first was to assessing demographic and clinical
features of the studied health care workers' women with COVID-19. The second part was the
laboratory analysis of serum levels of 25-hydroxy vitamin D using the electrochemiluminesence
immunoassay technique on Cobas e411 immunoassay analyzer-Hitachi Ltd- Japan. The second, a
self-administered google form online questionnaire was utilized to evaluate confirmed COVID-19
health care workers' women knowledge, regarding vitamin D. The third: A self-reported practices
google form online questionnaire was utilized to evaluate confirmed COVID-19 health care
workers' women practices for vitamin D ingestion and habitual sun exposure, The fourth: A self-
administered google form online questionnaire was utilized to assessing confirmed COVID-19
health care workers' women attitude on behalf of vitamin D insufficiency. Results: Demonstrated
that the confirmed COVID- 19 health care workers women’ mean age’ was 40.9± 8.7years.
Whereas (7%) of studied participants were had vitamin D sufficiency, (78%) had vitamin D
insufficiency and (15%) had vitamin D deficiency with total mean ± SD (16.8 ± 8.9). Whilst mean ±
SD of the total vitamin D knowledge scores was (49.8 ± 16.1) and (23.5%) of studied participants
had sufficient
knowledge and (76.5%) had insufficient knowledge. While (25%) of studied
participants
had adequate practice, (75%) had inadequate practice. Moreover (51.5%) of studied
participants
had positive attitude, and (48.5%) had negative attitude. A statistically significant
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between majority COVID-19 symptoms in
confirmed COVID-19 health care workers’
women and their vitamin D level. Conclusion: The
study displayed that mostly of health care
workers' women with COVID-19, had insufficient knowledge regarding to vitamin D, had
inadequate habitual sun exposure practices and vitamin D ingestion, and nearly half of health care
workers' women with COVID-19 had negative attitude toward vitamin D. Virtually, insufficiency of
vitamin D in study participants could be a risk factor of COVID-19 infection.

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Egyptian Journal of Health Care
Volume 12, Issue 2
June 2021
Pages 1514-1535

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