Correction of Vitamin D Inadequacy in Nursing Home Residents

University of Wisconsin (UW)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hypovitaminosis D

Treatments: Dietary Supplement: vitamin D supplementation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00204906

2004-0057

Details and patient eligibility

About

Vitamin D inadequacy continues to be neglected in nursing home residents. We hypothesized that part of this neglect is due to absence of data documenting safe and effective ways to replete this inadequacy.

Full description

Vitamin D inadequacy continues to be neglected in nursing home residents. We hypothesized that part of this neglect is due to absence of data documenting safe and effective ways to replete this inadequacy. Subjects with low vitamin D concentrations are dosed with 50.000 IU three times a week for 25 hydroxy vitamin D, parathyroid hormone and bone turnover status. .

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Able to walk
• Reside in nursing home for the 12 weeks of study

Exclusion criteria

• Non-ambulatory residents

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: Double Blind