醫師本身也服用營養補給品

最新的研究報告顯示，美國大部分的醫師和護士不只是推薦營養補給品給他們患者而是他們本身也服用營養補給品。

在營養補給品貿易團體CRN (Council for Responsible Nutrition)的委託下在同儕評鑑Nutrition Journal裡發表針對900位醫師和277位護士進行調查的。

“包含醫師和護士的健康專家都像一般民眾一樣，對健康的生活方式有興趣，並得益於合理的營養補給品。”

綜合維他命最受歡迎

在2007年10月進行網路調查的結果表示醫師的72%和護士的89%服用營養補給品且79%的醫師和82%的護士說他們把這些推薦給他們患者。

調查結果顯示綜合維他命是最普遍服用的營養補給品.其他受歡迎的維他命和礦物質是維他命C, 維生素B群, 維他命D, 維他命E和鈣。

非維生素和礦物質當中、醫師最有可能喜歡服用的是綠茶,其次是魚油、葡萄糖胺、大豆、亞麻籽和軟骨素，而護士最有可能服用的是綠茶、魚油、紫錐花、葡萄糖胺和亞麻籽。

研究目的

40%的醫師和48%的護士說他們是為了”健康與保健”服用營養補給品。

回答的2/3以上的人說他們服用營養補給品的原因多數包括骨頭健康,流行感冒,心臟健康,免疫系統健康,關節健康,能量和肌肉骨骼疼痛。

對於推薦營養補給品給患者的最多的原因還是一樣為了健康與保健,其次是因為骨頭健康,關節健康,流感或感冒,心臟健康,免疫系統健康,肌肉骨骼疼痛和能量。

CRN說” 這份最新的調查加強在越來越多的有關文章發表-醫療保健專家也是服用營養補給品的最高使用者之一”。

其他研究在2000年在American Journal of Clinical Nutrition發表64%的女性醫師至少偶而服用維他命或礦物質的營養補給品,47%的女性醫師每週至少5天服用維他命或礦物質的營養補給品。

Study breaks down supplement use by physicians

By staff reporter, 16-Jul-2009

Related topics: Consumer Trends, Minerals, Vitamins & premixes

The majority of physicians and nurses in the US recommend supplements to their patients but also use them personally, finds a new study.

Commissioned by the supplement trade group Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) and published in the peer-reviewed Nutrition Journal, the study surveyed 900 physicians and 277 nurses.

“Health professionals including physicians and nurses are just as interested in healthy lifestyles as members of the general public and are just as likely to benefit from rational supplementation,” wrote the authors, Annette Dickinson, Ph.D., past president of CRN, Andrew Shao, Ph.D., CRN vice president, scientific and regulatory affairs, and Nicolas Boyon, senior vice president, Ipsos Public Affairs, who conducted the Study on behalf of CRN.

Multivitamins most popular

The online survey, conducted in October 2007, found that 72 percent of physicians and 89 percent of nurses used dietary supplements. In addition, 79 percent of physicians and 82 percent of nurses said that they recommend them to their patients.

Overall, the survey found that multivitamins were the most commonly used supplement. Other popular vitamins and minerals were vitamin C, a B vitamin complex, vitamin D, vitamin E and calcium.

Out of the non-vitamin and mineral products, physicians were most likely to use green tea, followed by fish oil, glucosamine, soy, flax seed and chondroitin. Nurses were most likely to use green tea, fish oil, echinacea, glucosamine and flax seed.

Motivations

Some 40 percent of physicians and 48 percent of nurses said they took supplements for “overall health and wellness”.

Over two-thirds of survey respondents said they had multiple motivations for using supplements, including bone health, flu or colds, heart health, immune health, joint health, energy and musculoskeletal pain.

When it came to recommending supplements to their patients, the most common reason was again overall health and wellness, followed by bone health, joint health, flu or colds, heart health, immune health, musculoskeletal pain, and energy.

“This latest survey adds to the growing body of published data suggesting that healthcare professionals are among the highest users of supplements,” said CRN.

Another study published in 2000 in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that 64 percent of female physicians used vitamin or mineral supplements at least occasionally, and 47 percent used a vitamin or mineral supplement at least five days a week.

資料來源：

Physicians and nurses use and recommend dietary supplements: report of a survey
Nutrition Journal 2009, 8:29
doi:10.1186/1475-2891-8-29
Authors: Annette Dickinson, Nicolas Boyon, Andrew Shao
Link: http://www.nutritionj.com/content/8/1/29