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Vitamin D and Calcium Supplementation at Danish Nursing Homes

NCT04956705 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 109

Last updated 2022-05-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Nursing home residents are in high risk of vitamin D deficiency, which negatively affects bone health. Vitamin D and calcium supplements have shown to increase bone density and reduce fracture risk and may affect daily physical functioning. Therefore, The Danish Health Authority recommends all nursing home residents a daily supplement of 20 µg vitamin D and 800-1000 mg calcium. However, adherence to the recommendation is low.

The present project hypothesizes that this low adherence results in a high number of residents with a deficient or insufficient vitamin D status, and that daily physical functioning can be improved or maintained by an improved adherence to the recommendation.

Conditions

  • Frailty
  • Physical Disability
  • Aging
  • Muscle Weakness

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Vitamin D and calcium

Either as tablets, droplets or sprays. Preferably daily doses of 20 µg of vitamin D and 800-1000 mg of calcium as recommended.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Copenhagen

    collaborator OTHER

  • University College Copenhagen

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Charlotte Mortensen, PhD · University College Copenhagen

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-09-20
Primary Completion
2022-04-01
Completion
2022-04-01

Countries

  • Denmark

Study Locations

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Diseases

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