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Abstract
An online semistructured survey assessing probiotics knowledge and perception of health care providers in Saudi Arabia was conducted in Riyadh city between March and December 2020. A total of 333 participants were randomly sampled from King Khaled University Hospital and the Saudi Health Commission database. The mean, standard deviation, frequency, and percentages were used to present the demographic features of the participating professionals. Analysis of variance and Tukey multiple comparison tests were used to evaluate probiotic knowledge considering the demography of more than two subcategories. From the initial group, 95.7% of health professionals participated in this study. The group was made up of 52.3% female, aged 30–44 (62.8%), mostly nurses (46.8%). A total of 85.3% of participants were familiar with the term “probiotic” and 64% considered probiotics safe for general health; beneficial to gut health and irritable bowel syndrome (42.6% and 32.4%, respectively). However, only 25.5% and 24.6% of participants thought probiotics could moderately benefit ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease, respectively. A great majority of participants have no concerns about probiotics use (77.5%), and only minor concerns about safety (22.5%). This research concluded that health professionals were better aware of probiotic knowledge despite their limited understanding of the probiotics used for inflammatory bowel disease. In Saudi Arabia, building new guidelines for probiotics, their types, and their uses in the health sector is needed.
期刊介绍:
Current Topics in Nutraceutical Research is an international, interdisciplinary broad-based peer reviewed scientific journal for critical evaluation of research on chemistry, biology and therapeutic applications of nutraceuticals and functional foods. The major goal of this journal is to provide peer reviewed unbiased scientific data to the decision makers in the nutraceutical and food industry to help make informed choices about development of new products.
To this end, the journal will publish two types of review articles. First, a review of preclinical research data coming largely from animal, cell culture and other experimental models. Such data will provide basis for future product development and/or human research initiatives. Second, a critical evaluation of current human experimental data to help market and deliver the product for medically proven use. This journal will also serve as a forum for nutritionists, internists, neurologists, psychiatrists, and all those interested in preventive medicine.
The common denominator of all of the topic to be covered by the journal must include nutraceuticals and/functional food. The following is an example of some specific areas that may be of interest to the journal. i) Role of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and phytonutrients on cardiovascular health, cancer, diabetes, ocular health, mental health, men’s health, women’s health, infant nutrition, ii) Role of herbals on human health, iii) Dietary supplements and sleep, iv) Components of diet that may have beneficial effect on human health, v) regulation of apoptosis and cell viability, vi) Isolation and characterization of bioactive components from functional foods, vii) Nutritional genomics, and viii) Nutritional proteomics.