The effect of tailor-made information on vitamin D status of immigrant mothers in Norway
A cluster randomized controlled trial
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15536737 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ahmed A Madar (0000-0001-7234-2729, University of Oslo, corresponding author), Knut-Inge Klepp (0000-0002-3181-6841, University of Oslo), Haakon E Meyer, Helmut E Meyer (0000-0002-3262-8260, University of Oslo) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 92-99 |
| Publication date | 2010-02-03 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Maternal and Child Nutrition (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1740-8695 • E-ISSN: 1740-8709 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2009.00238.x |
| PMID | 21143588 |
| OpenAlex | W1583816081 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 19 |
A high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency has been reported in non-Western immigrants in Norway. Our objective was to test whether written information about how to improve vitamin D status could improve the vitamin D status in immigrants mothers attending child health clinics. In this cluster randomized controlled trial in eight child health clinics in Oslo, mothers aged 18-43 years with Pakistani, Turkish, or Somali background were included when their infants were 6 weeks old. The public health nurses gave the intervention group a brochure with information on how to improve vitamin D status, written in their native language. They were compared with a control group receiving usual care, consisting of oral information only. The principal outcome measure was increase in serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [s-25(OH) D] in mothers 7 weeks later. Forty-four mothers completed the study. Mean baseline s-25(OH) D was 29.1 (14.8) nmol l(-1) in the intervention and 19.4 (9.2) in the control group. There was no significant increase in s-25(OH) D from baseline to follow-up in the intervention [6.3 (95%CI: -1.9, 14.4) nmol l(-1) )] or in the control group [2.9 (95% CI [confidence interval]: -1.2, 7.0) nmol l(-1) ]. When adjusting for baseline s-25(OH) D concentration the mean difference in increase between the intervention and control group was 1.4 (95% CI: -18.7, 21.4) nmol l(-1) (P = 0.87). Adjustment for ethnicity, season and mother's educational background did not alter the results. In sum, providing immigrant mothers with written information about how to improve their vitamin D status did not have an effect on the mothers' vitamin D status
Cluster randomised controlled trial · Confidence interval · Ethnic group · Immigration · Randomized controlled trial · Somali · Vitamin D and neurology · vitamin D deficiency · Breastfeeding Practices and Influences · Demography · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum · Medicine · Vitamin D Research Studies · Internal Medicine · Pediatrics
| Citations per year | 0.4 |
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| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |