Vitamin D supplementation as a fall prevention method: A systematic review
Ibrahim Mahmoud Ajwah, Eid Muflih Albalawi, Ziyad Faraj Albalawi, Waad Mohammed Alhawiti, Nasser Faris Alahmari, Hanadi Zaydan Albalawi, Talal Khalid Alanazi, Waleed Hamdan Alwabsi, Meshal Faleh Alenezi, Omer Saer Alotaibi, Bdoor Attaulla Alenezi, Hazem Radi Rayyan
Abstract
Background
Falls are common occurrences events leading to remarkable morbidity and mortality. Vitamin D supplementation is often recommended to prevent falls, although vitamin D trials conclude contradictory results.
Aims
This review aimed to summarize the available RCTs that studied the effect of vitamin D administered on falls in older adults.
Methods
Pub Med, Google Scholar, and EBSCO databases were systematically search for relevant articles. The terms vitamin D, falls, ergocalciferols, 25-hydroxy vitamin D, and 1, 25-dihydroxy vitamin D were used. out of Three hundred and four, only eleven fulfilled the inclusion criteria.
Results
In the majority of the randomized control trial, vitamin D supplementation provides protection against falls among the elderly population.
Conclusion
The majority of the studies concluded that vitamin D alone or in combination with calcium was a successful fall reduction method among the elderly.
Full Text:
Falls are common occurrences events leading to remarkable morbidity and mortality. Vitamin D supplementation is often recommended to prevent falls, although vitamin D trials conclude contradictory results.
Aims
This review aimed to summarize the available RCTs that studied the effect of vitamin D administered on falls in older adults.
Methods
Pub Med, Google Scholar, and EBSCO databases were systematically search for relevant articles. The terms vitamin D, falls, ergocalciferols, 25-hydroxy vitamin D, and 1, 25-dihydroxy vitamin D were used. out of Three hundred and four, only eleven fulfilled the inclusion criteria.
Results
In the majority of the randomized control trial, vitamin D supplementation provides protection against falls among the elderly population.
Conclusion
The majority of the studies concluded that vitamin D alone or in combination with calcium was a successful fall reduction method among the elderly.
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