کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
6112072 1211943 2015 5 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Research paperGeneralized vitamin D supplementation in nursing homes: Mission (im)possible?
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی طب سالمندان و علم پیری شناسی
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Research paperGeneralized vitamin D supplementation in nursing homes: Mission (im)possible?
چکیده انگلیسی

Vitamin D (vit D) insufficiency is highly prevalent in the nursing home population and associated with multiple negative outcomes, best documented in fractures and falls. Vit D supplementation has become a marker of quality of care. This semi-observational study has been set up to evaluate the adherence to treatment guidelines for vit D supplementation in nursing homes, by analyzing supplementation ratios (number of patients with vit D supplementation/total number of residents) over a period of 2 years and after sensitization on 3 measurements in 17 voluntary, collaborating nursing homes, region Meetjesland, Belgium. The mean baseline supplementation ratio 24.3%, increased significantly to 56.7% by educating the responsible caregivers in nursing homes: coordinating general practitioners, directors, chief nurses. Moreover, a more appropriate dosage (i.e. ≥ 800 IU/d) was taken. This study demonstrates that it is possible to realize a significant improvement at little or no cost and with minimal efforts.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: European Geriatric Medicine - Volume 6, Issue 1, February 2015, Pages 26-30
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