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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Probiotics Among Saudi Health Care Students-A Cross-Sectional Study From Saudi University in Riyadh Saudi Arabia.
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- Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Regarding Gut Microbiota and Probiotics Among Ecuadorian Medical Students.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Assessing the knowledge, attitude, and practice of Egyptian pharmacists on probiotics: a cross-sectional study.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2026Article
- Gender and age disparities in attitude and preferences of probiotic and prebiotic-rich foods and supplements among adults in Saudi Arabia.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Perceptions, attitudes, and curriculum reflections: exploring healthcare students' engagement with basic medical sciences in Saudi Arabia.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Awareness, attitude and practice of Indian population regarding probiotic foods in everyday life.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Assessing the Impact of Probiotic Consumption on Gastrointestinal Health in Saudi Arabia: a Cross-Sectional Study.Materia socio-medica · 2025Article
- Intestinal microbiota, probiotics and their interactions with drugs: knowledge, attitudes and practices of health science students in Serbia.BMC medical education · 2024Article
- How Do Socio-Demographic Factors, Health Status, and Knowledge Influence the Acceptability of Probiotics Products in Hong Kong?Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- An Assessment of the Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Probiotics and Prebiotics among the Population of the United Arab Emirates.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Awareness, knowledge, and beliefs about probiotics and prebiotics among Saudi adults: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in immunology · 2024Article
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Abstract
Probiotics offer a variety of health benefits for the digestive system, atopic eczema, and immune system. Future healthcare providers should know more about probiotics to advise their patients and the general public appropriately. The purpose of the study was to evaluate health science students' knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) on the use of probiotics in various health conditions. A cross-sectional study was conducted among health college students using a self-administered online questionnaire. The study participants were selected using the convenience sample approach. statistical package for social science (SPSS) software was used to analyze the data. The Kruskal-Wallis test and Mann-Whitney test were used to assess the statistical differences between sociodemographic data in knowledge, attitude, and practice variables. Of the 517 respondents, 56.3.0% of health science students had moderate knowledge of probiotics. More than one-third had positive attitudes, and 53.4.2% had positive practices. There was a significant difference in knowledge (
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