Do vitamin D supplements improve the physical capabilities of elderly hospital patients?
A randomized double-blind controlled trial of the effect of vitamin D supplementation on the abilities of elderly hospital patients to carry out basic activities of daily life is described. Those patients included in the trial had plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations which were low or low normal as judged by the normal range in young adults. After 2 to 9 months on the trial there was no significant difference in the performance of the control and treatment groups.
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D002112:Calcifediol / Q000097:blood*; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D009132:Muscles / Q000187:drug effects; D011897:Random Allocation; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014808:Vitamin D Deficiency / Q000188:drug therapy
D014807:Vitamin D; D002112:Calcifediol; D002118:Calcium