Department of Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine, KIST Medical College, Gwarko, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Department of Nephrology, College of Medical Sciences, Bharatpur, Chitwan, Nepal.
JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc. 2022 May 5;60(249):465-468. doi: 10.31729/jnma.7452.
Vitamin D deficiency is a global health concern with over billions of people worldwide being vitamin D deficient or insufficient. Many epidemiological studies have reported cardiovascular diseases, autoimmune diseases and neoplastic diseases to be associated with vitamin D levels. This study aims to find out the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in patients presenting to the outpatient Department of Medicine of a tertiary care center.
This was a descriptive cross-sectional study done among 362 patients in the outpatient Department of Medicine of a tertiary care center between May, 2016 and August, 2016. Ethical Approval was taken from Institutional Review Committee (Reference number: 21082015). Convenience sampling was done. Informed consent was obtained and data were collected. Data were analysed using the Statistical Package for the Social Science version 25.0. Point estimate at a 95% Confidence Interval was calculated along with frequency and percentages for binary data.
Out of 362 patients, vitamin D deficiency was found in 215 (59.39%) (54.33-64.45 at 95% Confidence Interval) patients.
The prevalence of vitamin D deficiency was found to be lower to the other studies done in in similar settings. Physicians should be aware of the growing prevalence of vitamin D deficiency.
avitaminosis; prevalence; vitamin deficiency.
维生素 D 缺乏是一个全球性的健康问题，全世界有数十亿人存在维生素 D 缺乏或不足的情况。许多流行病学研究报告称，心血管疾病、自身免疫性疾病和肿瘤性疾病与维生素 D 水平有关。本研究旨在了解三级保健中心内科门诊患者维生素 D 缺乏的患病率。
这是一项在 2016 年 5 月至 2016 年 8 月期间于三级保健中心内科门诊进行的描述性横断面研究。本研究已获得机构审查委员会的批准（参考编号：21082015）。采用便利抽样法。征得患者同意并收集数据。使用社会科学统计软件包（版本 25.0）分析数据。计算了 95%置信区间的点估计值，以及二项数据的频率和百分比。
在 362 名患者中，发现 215 名（59.39%）（95%置信区间为 54.33%-64.45%）患者存在维生素 D 缺乏。
与在类似环境中进行的其他研究相比，本研究发现维生素 D 缺乏的患病率较低。医生应该意识到维生素 D 缺乏症的发病率正在不断上升。
维生素缺乏症；流行率；维生素缺乏
