A Survey on Awareness of Calcium and Vitamin D among Women in Dhaka City

This thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.Pharm) in East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.Calcium is essential to maintaining total body health, normal growth and development, metabolizing iron, helping blood clotting & regulating blood pressure, keeping bones & teeth strong over lifetime, the action of the number of hormones, cell structure etc. Vitamin D is required for regulation of cell growth, bone formation, immune function, muscle strength, hair growth, reducing autoimmune disease, fighting infection etc. Majority of the women have not been prescribed calcium supplement for bone disorder. Lack of awareness and insufficient knowledge of the essentiality of these two nutrients are assumed to cause this problem in Bangladesh. The present study was designed and conducted to establish a basic understanding on the level of gap of knowledge and awareness among college going students in Bangladesh. Bangladesh is a one of the most overpopulated country of the world. That’s why the most important part in living is to be as healthy as possible avoiding all the diseases. From the survey it was found that about the 75% & 80% women know Calcium & Vitamin D as a food supplement while 25% & 20% do not know about the Calcium & Vitamin D. The term of “Osteoporosis” are known (32%) of women while (78%) & do not know about it. (38%) and (40%) ever been prescribed any Calcium & Vitamin D supplement by a physician while (65%) and (60 %) ever not been prescribed. The women have come to highly know about Calcium and Vitamin D from those source as books (65%)