Impact of Nutrition Education on Knowledge and Beliefs About Dietary Supplements/Herbal Foods

A two session nutrition education intervention was administered to health professionals and non-health professionals in separate sessions. Nutrition knowledge status was evaluated with comparing the pre-test and post-test values.

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Key information

Conditions

Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Behavior

Age range

19 year–65 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Hacettepe University

Ankara, 06100, Turkey (Türkiye)

About this study

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of nutrition education intervention of health professionals and non-health professionals about the effectiveness of dietary supplements/herbal foods (DS/HF) in COVID-19. Study design is a cross-sectional study with an education intervention. This study was conducted through online video communication application. Overall, 106 health professionals and 110 non-health professionals completed the study. The education intervention was administered in two sessions, one week apart for both health professionals and non-health professionals separately. Knowledge level of nutrition and COVID-19 and beliefs about DS/HF in the prevention/treatment of COVID-19 were evaluated with a pre-test and post-test setting. Comparison of the groups before and after the intervention was implemented with the McNemar's test.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

being 18 to 65 years old
using social media
being able to understand Turkish

Exclusion criteria

regular supplement use prior to COVID-19 pandemic
having a chronic disease that requires dietary supplementation

Treatment and study plan

Education

Other

All participants attended to a two-part nutrition education program. The education intervention program was administered in two sessions, one week apart. Before the intervention, a pre-test was administered to determine the knowledge and beliefs attitudes of participants. After the pre-test each session consisted of a PowerPoint presentation of about 20 minutes. Education topics included components of adequate-balanced nutrition and its relationship with COVID-19, introduction of food groups, the association between COVID-19 and dietary supplements, herbal foods in the prevention/treatment of COVID-19, considerations regarding DS/HF, food-drug interactions, and COVID-19 drugs and food interactions. The presentation was concluded with the nutritional recommendations for COVID-19. The post-tests were shared with the participants at the end of the second session of the education intervention.

Primary outcomes

Knowledge Level

Time frame: 2 weeks

Comparison of mean scores from pre-test and post-test

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Hacettepe University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Impact of Nutrition Education on Knowledge and Beliefs About Dietary Supplements/Herbal Foods: A Pre - Post Intervention Study

Important dates

Study start: 2021
Primary completion: 2021
Study completion: 2022
First posted: Dec 9, 2022
Registry last updated: Dec 13, 2022

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