D VİTAMİNİ EKSİKLİĞİNDE RİSKLİ GRUPLARDAN BİRİ: SAĞLIK ÇALIŞANLARI

Abstract

Objective: Vitamin D is an essential hormone in calcium, phosphor and bone metabolism. Skin synthesizes great amount of vitamin D in sun light, it can also be taken by diet. Vitamin D deficiency may occur in settings with low sunlight exposure. Medical personal are under risk for vitamin D deficiency, especially who works at night shifts and in low sun-exposed buildings. Our aim was to determine vitamin D levels of medical personal and evaluate effect of working time and place on vitamin D levels. Materials and Methods: Ninety-six Medical persons in Istanbul Medical Faculty of Istanbul University, between 1 April to 30 May 2014 were grouped in respect to working shift and place. Mean vitamin D levels are compared between groups. Participants were asked about doing periodical sport activities, sun creme usage and history of bone fractures. According to 25 (OH) Vitamin D levels they were classified as Vitamin D deficiency ( 30 ng/ml) respectively. Results: Mean 25 (OH) Vitamin D level of all participants was 12.5±0.6 ng/mL. Where 85 (88.5%) of all cases showed deficiency of vitamin D, 10 (10.5%) had insufficient and 1 (1%) sufficient. Mean 25 (OH) Vitamin D level was 14.6±7.5 ng/mL (4.1-34.3) in males and 11.8±5.7 ng/mL (2.4-29.3) in females, there was no statistical significance between both sexes. Nurses and other medical stuff had statistical lower vitamin D levels than doctors (p<0.05). There was no difference between vitamin D levels in personal working mainly night or day shift. Medical personal working in emergency-intensive care units showed no difference in vitamin D levels compared to worker in ambulatory settings. Conclusion: Medical personal has low levels of vitamin D and are at risk for vitamin D deficiency