Impact of Vitamin D Deficiency on Physical and Mental Health in OPD Patients- A Tertiary Care Hospital Study

Abstract

Original Research Article Introduction: In general vitamin D deficiency is widespread due to the lacking of inadequate supplements and sunlight consumption. Accessible literature is contradictory for the function of vitamin D supplementation in depression. We targeted the research to evaluate the vitamin D deficiency and its provable relation with several physical and mental health problems. Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the incidence and correlation between vitamin D deficiency and the sufficiency of people. Methods: It was a comparative observational study that was conducted during the period from January 2019 to December 2019. A total of 112 patients attended the OPD of Tertiary Care Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh with several illnesses were consecutively evaluated for vitamin D deficiency and related physical and mental health conditions. Ethical clearance was taken from the concerned hospital. Properly written consent was taken from all the participants before starting data collection. Data were analyzed in SPSS version 20.0. Results: In this study in the vitamin D sufficiency group participants, the prevalence of physical disease was 28.57% and it was found 63.89% among the participants of the vitamin D deficiency group. In the vitamin D sufficiency group participants, the prevalence of mental disease was found at 14.29% and it was found 33.33% among the participants of the vitamin D deficiency group. According to the assessment regarding the frequency of osteoarthritis, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, diabetes, osteoporosis, erectile dysfunction, dental disease, immune system disorders, multiple sclerosis, and cancer (Physical diseases), there was not a significant correlation between the series of vitamin D sufficiency and vitamin D deficiency groups where the P-value was found 0.318. On the other hand, according to the assessment regarding the frequency of anxiety disorder, depressive disorder, insomnia, dementia, bipolar disorder, and Parkinson s disease (Mental diseases), there was found a significant correlation between the series of vitamin D sufficiency and vitamin D deficiency groups where the P-value was found 0.036. Conclusions: According to the findings of this study we can conclude that there may some relation between mental disorders and vitamin D deficiency in the human body. The frequency of bone-related diseases and disorders is found higher in patients with vitamin D deficiency.