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A Higher Dose of Vitamin D Reduces the Risk of Falls in Nursing Home Residents: A Randomized, Multiple‐Dose Study

Broe, Kerry E., Chen, Tai C., Weinberg, Janice, Bischoff‐Ferrari, Heike A., Holick, Michael F., Kiel, Douglas P.·2007·Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
DOI 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01048.x
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OBJECTIVES: To determine the effect of four vitamin D supplement doses on falls risk in elderly nursing home residents. DESIGN: Secondary data analysis of a previously conducted randomized clinical trial. SETTING: Seven hundred twenty‐five‐bed long‐term care facility. PARTICIPANTS: One hundred twenty‐four nursing home residents (average age 89). INTERVENTION: Participants were randomly assigned to receive one of four vitamin D supplement doses (200 IU, 400 IU, 600 IU, or 800 IU) or placebo daily for 5 months. MEASUREMENTS: Number of fallers and number of falls assessed using facility incident tracking database. RESULTS: Over the 5‐month study period, the proportion of participants with falls was 44% in the placebo group (11/25), 58% (15/26) in the 200 IU group, 60% (15/25) in the 400 IU group, 60% (15/25) in the 600 IU group, and 20% (5/23) in the 800 IU group. Participants in the 800 IU group had a 72% lower adjusted‐incidence rate ratio of falls than those taking placebo over the 5 months (rate ratio=0.28; 95% confidence interval=0.11–0.75). No significant differences were observed for the adjusted fall rates compared to placebo in any of the other supplement groups. CONCLUSION: Nursing home residents in the highest vitamin D group (800 IU) had a lower number of fallers and a lower incidence rate of falls over 5 months than those taking lower doses. Adequate vitamin D supplementation in elderly nursing home residents could reduce the number of falls experienced by this high falls risk group.

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Authors
Broe, K. E., Chen, T. C., Weinberg, J., Bischoff‐Ferrari, H. A., Holick, M. F., & Kiel, D. P.
Venue
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2007-01-08
Volume
55
Issue
2
Pages
234-239
ISSN
  • 0002-8614 (ISSN-L)
  • 1532-5415
DOI
10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01048.x
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en
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