Effect of an untreated vitamin D deficiency on depressive symptoms in child and adolescent psychiatric patients – a randomized controlled trial.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- We do not include any specific psychiatric diagnosis. We include all inpatients or day patients at admission in the Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics of the University Duisburg-Essen (see inclusion criteria).E55Vitamin D deficiency
- Registration Number
- DRKS00009758
- Lead Sponsor
- niversitätsklinikum Essen AöR; Universität Duisburg-Essen, Campus Essen – Med. Fakultät –
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting stopped after recruiting started
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 113
Inclusion Criteria
In- or day patient child- and adolescent psychiatric admission, age: 11-18.9 years, BDI-II score > 13, 25(OH)-vitami D level < 30nmol/L (12 ng/ml), written informed consent of children/adolescents and their parents.
Exclusion Criteria
Current severe somatic disease, hypocalcemia, parathormon (Plasma) > 130ng/ml, IQ < 70, contraindication or refusal of a vitamin D supplementation.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Depression score measured via BDI-II after 28 days
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 25(OH)-Vitamin D serum level after 28 days;<br>impulsiveness measured via Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS-11) after 28 days, depression score measured via DISYPS-II depression questionnaire (for parents and children) after 28 days