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Reassessing current knowledge, practices, and awareness of vitamin D supplementation following a national health campaign in 2020 by Food Standards Scotland on vitamin D is warranted.\n                    <jats:bold>Aim:<\/jats:bold>\n                    This article aims to present the knowledge and awareness of vitamin D, and current vitamin D supplementation practices in adults living in Scotland.\n                    <jats:bold>Methods:<\/jats:bold>\n                    A cross-sectional study was performed between June and July 2022 using an online survey adapted from previous work on assessing knowledge of vitamin D in adults. Participants aged 18+, living in Scotland for \u22656 months were eligible to participate. Scores for knowledge were calculated as a percentage. Univariate associations between demographic and supplement use were established by\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">\u03c7<\/jats:italic>\n                    <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                    -test and logistic regression performed to predict factors associated with daily vitamin D intake.\n                    <jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold>\n                    Four hundred and three participants (72.7% female), mean age 36.4 (\u00b114.2 years), completed the study. Awareness of vitamin D was very high (99.5%) but the mean overall knowledge score was poor (31.4\u2009\u00b1\u200915.3%), with those with a university degree more likely to have knowledge scores at\/above the mean compared with those with lower levels of education,\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">\u03c7<\/jats:italic>\n                    <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                    (1, N\u2009=\u2009393) 10.7, p\u2009=\u20090.001, odds ratio (OR) = 2.1 (95% confidence interval (CI) 1.7\u20132.7). Finally, 64.3% took vitamin D supplements, of which 37.5% took them daily during winter months, with only 7.4% taking the recommended daily dose.\n                    <jats:bold>Conclusion:<\/jats:bold>\n                    The current study highlights the need to improve both knowledge of vitamin D and practices of vitamin D supplementation during the autumn and winter months in Scotland.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1177\/02601060241238824","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,3,18]],"date-time":"2024-03-18T04:51:38Z","timestamp":1710737498000},"page":"715-728","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Knowledge of vitamin D and practices of vitamin D supplementation in a Scottish adult population: A cross-sectional study"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"31","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1479-9653","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Suzanne M.M.","family":"Zaremba","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Dundee"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Karen","family":"Conduit-Turner","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"NHS Tayside"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,3,18]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_3_3_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3399\/bjgp18X699101"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/bjo.2008.143537"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/109019817400200407"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_5_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jneb.2014.08.013"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_6_1","unstructured":"British Dietetic Association (2019) Vitamin D: Food Fact Sheet. 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