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Knowledge, Awareness and Perception on the Risk Factors Associated with Vitamin-D Deficiency among College Students - A Survey
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ABINAYA.S , DR.R.GAYATHRI, DR.GANESH LAKSHMANAN, DR. VISHNU PRIYA
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Vitamin-D deficiency has been identified as a common metabolic abnormality. Vitamin D deficiency can lead to a loss of bone density, which can contribute to osteoporosis and fractures. The Symptoms of bone pain and muscle weakness are usually associated with vitamin D deficiency. Acute vitamin D deficiency can also contribute to other diseases. In children, it can cause rickets. In adults, acute vitamin D deficiency contributes to osteomalacia. Osteomalacia causes weak bones, bone pain, and muscle weakness. The best ways to prevent a vitamin D deficiency are to eat foods that are rich in vitamin D and to spend some time outside each day. The aim of the study is to create awareness on the risk factors associated with Vitamin-D deficiency among the college students. A questionnaire was prepared and administered to 103 participants through Google docs as an online survey. The study was approved by the scientific review board, saveetha dental College, Chennai. The answers obtained from the participants are recorded and the answers given by each participant to each question are represented in the form of pie charts and bar graphs. This study reveals that the knowledge and awareness on the risk factors associated with vitamin-D deficiency among college students was good.
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Awareness, Risk factors, Vitamin D deficiency, College students, Sunlight
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https://doi.org/10.31838/ijpr/2020.SP2.264
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