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Study aim
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Determination of the effect of vitamin D level on the status of clinical symptoms and laboratory and radiological findings and short-term results of patients with COVID-19
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Design
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This study is performed as a clinical trial with a control group, with parallel, 3-blind, randomized groups (block method with a volume of 4 was used to determine the sequence of allocation) and with a sample size of 100 people in the first phase. First, everyone fills out the checklist. Allocation sequences that are placed in each envelope and placed next to each other in order and patients open an envelope in order and understand their group (group A or B)
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Settings and conduct
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This study is performed on COVID-19 patients with vitamin D deficiency in the COVID-19 ward of Imam Hossein Shahroud Hospital in two groups of testing and control. Individuals in the testing group undergo a treatment protocol to increase vitamin D, and the control group did not receive any intervention. Then, at the end of the hospitalization court, both groups are evaluated. Each patient knows in which group they are (A or B) but does not know which group receives the intervention.Also, the information collector, information analyst, and laboratory manager do not know which intervention group to receive.
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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Inclusion criteria: Individual satisfaction to participate in the project, Confirmation of COVID-19 disease by CPR test,
Non-entry criteria: Vitamin D levels more than thirty nanograms per millilitre
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Intervention groups
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Test group: intramuscularly Injections of 300 mg of vitamin D at the beginning of the first week, as well as another dose at the beginning of the second week.
Control group: No intervention.
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Main outcome variables
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Clinical course, paraclinical, in-hospital outcome