Social network users´ awareness and use of probiotics, prebiotics an synbiotics

Probiotiki so živi mikroorganizmi, ki v ustreznih količinah delujejo koristno na zdravje gostitelja. Stimulacijo razvoja probiotičnih mikroorganizmov lahko pripišemo prebiotikom. Koncept sinbiotikov je kombinirati probiotike in prebiotike. V magistrskem delu smo želeli ugotoviti poznavanje in uporabo probiotikov, prebiotikov in sinbiotikov med uporabniki spletnega omrežja. Raziskava zaključnega dela je temeljila na kvantitativni metodologiji raziskovanja. Uporabljena je bila pozitivistična filozofija. V empiričnem delu smo naredili raziskavo s pomočjo prevedenega anketnega vprašalnika, ki je bil s pomočjo spletne ankete 1KA in socialnega omrežja Facebook razdeljen med javnost. Pridobljene podatke smo statistično uredili in analizirali (Microsoft Word 2010, Microsoft Excel 2010, IBM SPSS Statistic 25.0). Uporabljeni testi so bili Cramerjev koeficient korelacije, T-test, Hi-kvadrat test in bionomski test. Ugotovili smo, da sta poznavanje in uporaba probiotikov, prebiotikov in sinbiotikov med uporabniki spletnega omrežja zelo dobra. Uporaba probiotikov, prebiotikov in sinbiotikov je v našem prostoru večja kot v predhodno opravljeni raziskavi. Odkrili smo, da stopnja izobrazbe in starost ne vplivata na uporabo le-teh. Signifikantna razlika je obstajala pri seznanjenosti s probiotiki, prebiotiki in sinbiotiki glede na starost. Starejši anketiranci so slabše seznanjeni s probiotiki, prebiotiki in sinbiotiki, kar odkrivajo tudi predhodne raziskave. Raziskava kaže, da bi anketiranci želeli uporabljati probiotike, kadar se jim predstavi njihovo delovanje in učinek na zdravje. Ustrezno znanje zdravstvenih delavcev je ključno, saj se vprašanja o ustreznih prehranskih dopolnilih, kamor sodijo probiotiki, prebiotiki in sinbiotiki, naslovijo na nas. Facebook se je izkazal kot dober pripomoček pri pridobivanju podatkov raziskave.Probiotics are live microorganisms that, when administered in adequate amounts, confer a health benefit on the host. Stimulation of the development of probiotic microorganisms can be attributed to prebiotics. The concept of synbiotics is to combine probiotics and prebiotics to ensure the survival of probiotics and thus a greater beneficial effect on health. In the master\u27s thesis we wanted to find out the awareness and use of probiotics, prebiotics and synbiotics among users of the online networks. Research was based on a quantitative research methodology. A positivist philosophy was used. In the empirical part, we did a survey using a translated survey questionnaire, which was distributed to the public using the 1KA online survey and the Facebook social network. The obtained data were statistically edited and analyzed (Microsoft Word 2010, Microsoft Excel 2010, IBM SPSS Statistic 25.0). We used the Cramar correlation coefficient, the T-test, Hi-square test and binom test.We found that the awareness and use of probiotics, prebiotics and synbiotics among web users is very good. Use of probiotics, prebiotics and synbiotics is higher in our area than in the previous research. Education level and age do not affect the use of these alone. A significant difference existed by age and awareness of probiotics, prebiotics, and synbiotics.The older group of respondents are less familiar with probiotics, prebiotics and synbiotics, as previous research also revealed. Research shows that respondents would like to use probiotics when they are presented with their action and effect on health. Proper knowledge of health workers is therefore crucial. Patients often ask about proper nutrition, supplements, which also include probiotics, prebiotics and synbiotics. Facebook was a good tool in getting survey data