Comparison of sun exposure versus vitamin D supplementation for pregnant women with vitamin D deficiency
Phase 3
- Conditions
- vitamin D deficiency.vitamin D deficiency , unspecified
- Registration Number
- IRCT2016101227998N2
- Lead Sponsor
- Vice Chancellor for research of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 80
Inclusion Criteria
Inclusion criteria
Patients who want to cooperate in study and consent to participate in the study; having gestational age 14 to 18 weeks; (serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 <30 ngr/ml); single fetus; no history of chronic hypertension, chronic diseases such as musculoskeletal, diabetes, parathyroid, hepatitis, kidney and any kind of malabsorption disorders, skin disease, skin cancer; living in the Isfahan.
Exclusion criteria
withdrawal of the study; improper use of vitamin D; inappropriate exposure to sunlight; preterm labor; having dark skin and loss to follow-up due to various causes.
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Serum vitamin D level. Timepoint: Pregnant women with gestational age 14 – 18 weeks and after 10 week using medicine or exposure to sunlight. Method of measurement: Serum analysis (nanogram).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Infant head circumference. Timepoint: at birth. Method of measurement: standard meter.;Hieght of newborn. Timepoint: At birth. Method of measurement: Standard meter.;Infant weight. Timepoint: At birth. Method of measurement: Standard scale.