Abstract

GUTIERREZ-RAMOS, Miriam Elizabeth et al. Level of knowledge of antioxidants and their relation to lifestyle. Mem. Inst. Investig. Cienc. Salud [online]. 2023, vol.21, n.1, e21122302.  Epub Mar 16, 2023. ISSN 1812-9528.  https://doi.org/10.18004/mem.iics/1812-9528/2023.e21122302.

The objective of this study was to determine the level of knowledge about antioxidants and their relationship with lifestyle. A descriptive, cross-sectional study with the participation of 392 inhabitants of the city of Trujillo, who responded to two questionnaires: one to determine the level of knowledge about antioxidants prepared by Dr. Carolina Gonzalez, a nutritionist from Clínica Alemana, consisting of five questions related to antioxidants, and the other questionnaire of lifestyle promotes health elaborated by Walker, Sechrist and Pender, and modified by Delgado, R; Reyna E and Diaz, R constituted by 25 questions, obtaining information on knowledge of antioxidants and nutrition, exercise and activity, stress. With the obtained data the respective qualification and the healthy and unhealthy score scale and has knowledge or not was obtained. From the processed surveys, there was evidence of a higher percentage of people who had no knowledge of antioxidants 222 (56.64%) with a predominance of young people 141 (35.97%), as well as an unhealthy lifestyle 285 (72.71%). There was a relationship between the level of antioxidant knowledge and sex but there was no relationship with respect to age. In addition, there was no relationship between the variables sex and age with lifestyle, taking into account that if P > 0.05 there is no relationship or significant difference. Finally, we can conclude that the study population had no knowledge of antioxidants and inadequate lifestyle.

Keywords : Lifestyle; antioxidants; knowledge..

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