Effectiveness of digital education approaches to improve knowledge, attitude, and practice towards salt intake in a sample of UAE population
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description: Background: According to the World Health Organization (WHO), total deaths due to Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) recorded are ranged 24-46 % in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. High blood pressure (≥ 130/80 mmHg), is considered one of the major risk factors for CVDs and salt reduction is an effective strategy to prevent adverse risk. This doctoral work aims to translate and validate the original validated- Knowledge attitude and practice (KAP) questionnaire toward salt into Arabic, to assess intake of sodium and potassium in healthy United Arab Emirates (UAE)-residents using 24-hour urinary sodium excretion which is considered the gold standard method recommended by WHO, to estimate salt intake, alongside their (KAP) toward salt. It also aims to evaluate the effectiveness of digital intervention approaches to deliver educational material regarding salt intake. Methods: KAP questionnaire for salt intake was translated to Arabic and validated for the UAE population with 156 participants. Then, a cross-sectional study with 191 UAE participants evaluated the KAP towards salt intake along with measuring 24-hour urinary sodium and potassium. Food records were used to identity the highest sodium food sources consumed by participants. The effectiveness of digital educational material to reduce salt intake delivered via weekly short WhatsApp messages versus fortnightly brochure email attachment was tested in a randomised controlled parallel study (N= 121). Forty participants from the two intervention groups were later interviewed retrospectively to provide insights into the educational material and their delivery methods. Results: The internal reliability for the Arabic KAP questionnaire was confirmed with Cronbach’s α exceeding 0.7 and validity was confirmed by content validity ratio and construct validity. The mean urinary sodium and potassium were 2816.2± 675.7 and 1948.7± 473.1 mg /day, respectively, which were significantly higher in sodium and lower in pot…
abstract: Background: According to the World Health Organization (WHO), total deaths due to Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) recorded are ranged 24-46 % in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. High blood pressure (≥ 130/80 mmHg), is considered one of the major risk factors for CVDs and salt reduction is an effective strategy to prevent adverse risk. This doctoral work aims to translate and validate the original validated- Knowledge attitude and practice (KAP) questionnaire toward salt into Arabic, to assess intake of sodium and potassium in healthy United Arab Emirates (UAE)-residents using 24-hour urinary sodium excretion which is considered the gold standard method recommended by WHO, to estimate salt intake, alongside their (KAP) toward salt. It also aims to evaluate the effectiveness of digital intervention approaches to deliver educational material regarding salt intake. Methods: KAP questionnaire for salt intake was translated to Arabic and validated for the UAE population with 156 participants. Then, a cross-sectional study with 191 UAE participants evaluated the KAP towards salt intake along with measuring 24-hour urinary sodium and potassium. Food records were used to identity the highest sodium food sources consumed by participants. The effectiveness of digital educational material to reduce salt intake delivered via weekly short WhatsApp messages versus fortnightly brochure email attachment was tested in a randomised controlled parallel study (N= 121). Forty participants from the two intervention groups were later interviewed retrospectively to provide insights into the educational material and their delivery methods. Results: The internal reliability for the Arabic KAP questionnaire was confirmed with Cronbach’s α exceeding 0.7 and validity was confirmed by content validity ratio and construct validity. The mean urinary sodium and potassium were 2816.2± 675.7 and 1948.7± 473.1 mg /day, respectively, which were significantly higher in sodium and lower in pot…
author: Jarrar, Amjad
language: en
date published: 2022
date modified: 2026-07-24T03:42:50Z
provider: Oxford Brookes University
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
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source organization: Oxford Brookes University

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value: 10.24384/3rb7-cg78