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Inadequate dietary intake will lead to nutritional deficiency which further requires to depend on supplementation. FA is one of the vital nutrients which is mandatory for improving pregnancy outcomes. Previous studies have documented the pregnant women who know about supplementation of FA but not consuming during pregnancy will lead to complications in their neonates. This study aimed to inspect the knowledge and awareness about supplementation of FA in Saudi pregnant women and to compare present study results with other prior studies carried out in the Saudi population.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In this study, we have opted 406 Saudi pregnant women with the age range of 18\u201365 years of age through questionnaire-based research, was further assessed for FA supplementation usage during the pregnancy. Involved pregnant women have filled questionnaire and signed the consent form.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The results of this study showed 38% of women were pregnant during 31\u201340 years of the age range. Almost 96% of pregnant women have awareness about FA supplementation during pregnancies, and 5.9% of women had histories for not using FA supplementation and had abnormal offspring. The current study questionnaire survey confirms 55.7% of pregnant women have information about FA supplementations. Nearly 89% of women have used FA in their previous pregnancies.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Saudi pregnant women has good knowledge and awareness about the usage of FA supplementation during pregnancy. Limited efforts should be implemented national wide in all the hospitals and clinics to improve the awareness about maternal nutrition during pregnancy. Nutritional counselling should be conducted in remote areas to get a perception in Saudi Arabia.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.4103\/jfmpc.jfmpc_638_20","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,10,30]],"date-time":"2020-10-30T06:48:16Z","timestamp":1604040496000},"page":"5158-5164","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":11,"title":["Knowledge and awareness of folic acid usage in Saudi pregnant women in Riyadh city from 2019-2020"],"prefix":"10.4103","volume":"9","author":[{"given":"Shuaa","family":"AlDuraibi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Family Medicine, King Fahd Medical City Academy for Postgraduate Studies in Family Medicine, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Johara","family":"Al-Mutawa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, King Khalid University Hospitals, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"276","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,10]]},"reference":[{"key":"R1-20260528","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e0227332","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0227332","article-title":"Time for change is now: Experiences of participants in a community-based approach for iron and folic acid supplementation in a rural county in Kenya, a qualitative study","volume":"15","author":"Kamau","year":"2020","journal-title":"PLoS One"},{"key":"R2-20260528","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e0227090","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0227090","article-title":"Adherence to iron-folic acid supplement and associated factors among antenatal care attending pregnant mothers in governmental health institutions of Adwa town, Tigray, Ethiopia: Cross-sectional study","volume":"15","author":"Gebremichael","year":"2020","journal-title":"PLoS One"},{"key":"R3-20260528","article-title":"Knowledge, attitude and practice of physicians regarding periconceptional folic acid Universit\u00e9 d'Ottawa\/University of Ottawa","author":"Mida","year":"2020"},{"key":"R4-20260528","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1242","DOI":"10.12816\/0044558","article-title":"Assessment of knowledge, awareness, and behavior of folic acid use among females during the childbearing period in Tabuk City-2017","volume":"70","author":"Abdullah Alblowi","year":"2018","journal-title":"Egypt J Hosp Med"},{"key":"R5-20260528","first-page":"2146","article-title":"Application of health belief model to assess knowledge and attitude of women regarding preconception care","volume":"8","author":"Moradi","year":"2020","journal-title":"J Midwifery Reprod Health"},{"key":"R6-20260528","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1093\/jn\/nxaa123","article-title":"Vitamin B-12 supplementation during pregnancy and early lactation does not affect neurophysiologic outcomes in children aged 6 years","author":"Srinivasan","year":"2020","journal-title":"J Nutr"},{"key":"R7-20260528","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"326","DOI":"10.1186\/s12884-019-2481-6","article-title":"Knowledge, attitude and practice level of women at the periconceptional period: A cross-sectional study in Shaanxi China","volume":"19","author":"Li","year":"2019","journal-title":"BMC Pregnancy Childbirth"},{"key":"R8-20260528","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e0224361","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0224361","article-title":"Effect of community based health education on knowledge and attitude towards iron and folic acid supplementation among pregnant women in Kiambu County, Kenya: A quasi experimental study","volume":"14","author":"Kamau","year":"2019","journal-title":"PloS One"},{"key":"R9-20260528","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1111\/nyas.14319","article-title":"Interventions to increase adherence to micronutrient supplementation during pregnancy: A protocol for a systematic review","author":"Gomes","year":"2020","journal-title":"Ann N Y Acad Sci"},{"key":"R10-20260528","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"583","DOI":"10.12669\/pjms.303.4716","article-title":"Knowledge, attitude and practice regarding folic acid deficiency; A hidden hunger","volume":"30","author":"Hisam","year":"2014","journal-title":"Pak J Med Sci"},{"issue":"Suppl 2","key":"R11-20260528","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"S424","DOI":"10.21037\/cdt.2019.02.03","article-title":"Folate supplementation for prevention of congenital heart defects and low birth weight: An update","volume":"9","author":"Obeid","year":"2019","journal-title":"Cardiovasc Diagn Ther"},{"key":"R12-20260528","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"341","DOI":"10.1016\/0002-9378(71)90326-7","article-title":"Maternal folate deficiency and pregnancy wastage: IV. 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