Awareness of Vitamin D Deficiency among the General Population in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Table 1

Cronbach test.

Total factor
Reliability statistics
Cronbach’s alpha	of Items
0.608	14
Item-total statistics
	Scale mean if item deleted	Scale variance if item deleted	Corrected item-total correlation	Cronbach’s alpha if item deleted
v1, vitamin D is internally made by the sun	43.45	20.286	0.051	0.617
v2, vitamin D is used to treat rickets	43.70	19.120	0.187	0.599
v3, vitamin D is important in maintaining calcium and phosphate	43.51	17.907	0.330	0.573
v4, vitamin D is important in maintaining bone and teeth	43.36	18.214	0.375	0.569
v5, vitamin D helps strengthen immunity	43.78	17.226	0.442	0.552
v6, vitamin D is higher in animal meat than vegetables and fruits	44.17	17.816	0.306	0.577
v9, vitamin D helps strengthen muscles	44.15	17.222	0.357	0.566
v11, residents of cloudy areas(full of cloud) are more likely to lake vitamin D(because there is not enough sunlight)	44.44	19.649	0.049	0.631
v12, darker skin is more prone to vitamin D deficiency	44.85	18.967	0.229	0.592
v13, vegetarians do not consume enough vitamin D and are more prone to deficiency	44.32	18.800	0.251	0.589
v15, fat-free diet may be a cause of vitamin D deficiency	44.47	18.106	0.327	0.575
v16, frequent exposure to the sun does not lead to the poisoning of vitamin D	44.88	19.286	0.145	0.607
v17, the use of sunscreen cream may be cause of vitamin D deficiency	44.95	19.179	0.196	0.598
v19, vitamin D poisoning may lead to hypercalcemia leading to calcinosis	44.46	19.723	0.178	0.600