Vitamin D supplementation in Saudi Arabia: mothers' knowledge, practices, and attitudes.

What Was Tested

The paper reports a study of Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium and Zinc, published as an observational study.

Despite abundant sunshine, vitamin D (VIT D) deficiency remains prevalent in tropical regions such as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), largely due to limited dietary intake and sun exposure restrictions.

This study evaluated mothers' perceptions of VIT D supplementation for them and their children in KSA.

Who Took Part

The abstract describes 18 children taking part.

PubMed indexes the participants as teenagers, young adults, adults and middle-aged adults, both men and women.

This observational cross-sectional study was conducted in KSA among mothers aged 18 and older with children under five years old.

A convenience sampling method was employed to recruit participants in the study in the period from 31 July to 2 October 2022.

How the Study Was Run

The data were collected by developed questionnaire which was distributed to participants via WhatsApp and Facebook.

The data were analyzed using an SPSS program with both descriptive and inferential statistical methods.

What Was Measured

The subject headings attached to it are Saudi Arabia, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Mothers, Cross-Sectional Studies, Vitamin D, Dietary Supplements and Surveys and Questionnaires.

Author keywords: Sun exposure.

What This Means in Plain Language

This is an observational study of Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium and Zinc in 18 children.

With fewer than 40 people, it is a small study, so it is better read as an early signal for further research than as a settled answer.

Results are reported in around 7 sentences of the abstract; we leave them to the paper itself rather than summarise them.

The publication is from 2025 (PeerJ), a journal based in United States.

More context: the Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium and Zinc compound page, all human trials.