Clin Psychopharmacol Neurosci.  2019 Feb;17(1):121-124. 10.9758/cpn.2019.17.1.121.

Vitamin D Deficiency/Insufficiency among Inpatients with Depressive Symptoms

• Woo YS
• Kim S
• Jeong JH
• Jung YE
• Kim MD
• Bahk WM

• KMID: 2441640
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.9758/cpn.2019.17.1.121

Abstract

OBJECTIVE
Although the association between low vitamin D levels and depressive symptoms has been widely reported, studies investigating the relationship between hypovitaminosis D and depressive symptomatology are scarce.
METHODS
We retrospectively studied the relationship between vitamin D status and depressive symptoms in 196 patients hospitalized for a major depressive episode.
RESULTS
The baseline 17-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale total and depression factor (item 1, 2, 3, 7) scores were significantly higher in the vitamin-D-insufficiency/deficiency group than in the vitamin-D-sufficiency group.
CONCLUSION
It is important to consider measuring the vitamin D levels of patients with severe and core depressive symptoms and providing vitamin D supplementation when necessary.

Keyword

Vitamin D; Depression; Anhedonia

MeSH Terms

Anhedonia
Depression*
Humans
Inpatients*
Retrospective Studies
Vitamin D*
Vitamins*
Vitamin D
Vitamins