Knowledge and attitudes about vitamin A consumption and its relationship with night blindness in university students
Knowledge and attitudes about vitamin A consumption and its relationship with night blindness in university students
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IntroductionNight blindness is the first sign of vitamin A deficiency (VAD), which can lead to blindness if left untreated.University students may be at risk of VAD-related night blindness due to unhealthy eating attitudes and inadequate vitamin A intake.This study aimed to determine the relationship between knowledge and attitudes toward vitamin A consumption affecting night blindness in university students.MethodsThis cross-sectional study involved 409 third-year university students of Universitas Islam Sultan Agung, Semarang, Indonesia.
Participants completed questionnaires about socio-demographics, their knowledge of vitamin A, and attitudes toward vitamin A consumption.Night blindness symptoms among university students were assessed using the Low Luminance Questionnaire (LLQ), followed by a bivariate analysis of the Chi-Square test.Multivariate binary logistic regressions were used to determine whether the independent variables were associated with night blindness.A p-value less than 0.
05 indicated significance.ResultsThe prevalence of high-symptom night blindness was higher among males (26.4%) than females (5.
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Out of 409 university students, 48 from the non-medicine cluster of the study program had a night blindness symptom.The prevalence was lower in students who studied in the medicine cluster program.The level of knowledge on vitamin A had a significant relationship with symptoms of night blindness [prevalence ratio (PR) = 2.239 (95% CI = 1.
110–4.516)].
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.The attitudes toward vitamin A consumption were significantly associated with night blindness (PR = 2.560, 95% CI = 1.
215–5.392).DiscussionThe results of this study show that the risk of night blindness in university students can be prevented by increasing their knowledge and attitudes toward consuming vitamin A-rich food.The university can provide health promotion and vitamin A supplementation to avoid night blindness among academia.