Knowledge of Glutathione Substances among Female Students at Sirindhorn College of Public Health Suphanburi Province

Abstract

The objectives of this cross-sectional survey were: 1) to study knowledge towards glutathione substances; and 2) to examine the difference of
knowledge regarding basic characteristics among female students studying at Sirindhorn College of Public Health Suphanburi province. Two
hundred and ffty-nine of accidental samples were selected. Data were collected by using self-administrative questionnaires including age,
curriculum, study year, monthly living expense, and knowledge towards glutathione substance. The collected data were analyzed using of
frequency, percentage, and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA).

The study results showed that: 1) the age of 259 participants was 17 to 24 years, with average age of 19.08 years. The participants were studying  in bachelors of public health in community public health (38.61%), in dental public health (32.82%), and high vocational certifcate of public health
in pharmacy technic (28.57%). Slightly more than 50% of them had monthly living expense between 3,000 – 3,499 baht. The average scores
of glutathione knowledge among participants was 9.93. Forty percent of them had glutathione knowledge at the low level.; and 2) Knowledge
levels were not statistically different among participant according to their basic characteristics. Therefore, public health students should be
received more knowledge regarding glutathione substances.