Relation between Vitamin D Level and Knowledge and Attitude Towards Sunlight Exposure among Asthma Outpatients in Surabaya

Lorensia, Amelia and Suryadinata, Rivan Virlando and Amir, Gebriella Ayuni (2019) Relation between Vitamin D Level and Knowledge and Attitude Towards Sunlight Exposure among Asthma Outpatients in Surabaya. Global Medical and Health Communication, 7 (3). pp. 162-169. ISSN p 2301-9123; eISSN 2460-5441

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Official URL / DOI: https://doi.org/10.29313/gmhc.v7i3.3094

Abstract

Asthma has become one of the health problems in the world. Asthma is characterized by chronic inflammation of the respiratory tract which leads to breathlessness, wheezing, and airflow limitation. Inflammatory reaction in asthma is related to inadequate vitamin D level. Vitamin D is a vitamin produced naturally by the body when exposed to sunlight that has immunomodulatory properties can reduce inflammation. Knowledge and positive attitude to sun exposure are necessary to prevent severe asthma attacks. This was a cross-sectional study involving 26 subjects in a private university in East Surabaya during January–June 2017 that was aimed to determine the relation between vitamin D and knowledge and attitude towards sunlight exposure. Data were collected by measuring the vitamin D level in blood serum and through the use of a questionnaire that consisted of two aspects, level of knowledge and attitude to sun exposure. Chi-square test was used to analyze the relationship between vitamin D level, knowledge, and attitude. No relationship was found between blood vitamin D level of asthma respondents and level of knowledge of sun exposure related to vitamin D (p=0.444, p>0.05). The same was also true for the relationship between blood vitamin D level of asthma respondents and attitude to sun exposure related to vitamin D (p=0.768, p>0.05). The closeness of the relationship between knolwedge and attitude was also relatively low (0.093). In conclusion, there is no correlation between vitamin D level, knowledge, and attitude. In addition, there is also no correlation between knowledge and attitude with low relationship between the two variables.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Asthma, attitude, knowledge, sun exposure, vitamin D level
Subjects: R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
R Medicine > RS Pharmacy and materia medica
Divisions: Faculty of Pharmacy > Department of Pharmacy
Depositing User: Ester Sri W. 196039
Date Deposited: 21 Apr 2020 12:49
Last Modified: 21 Apr 2020 12:49
URI: http://repository.ubaya.ac.id/id/eprint/37729

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