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ArticleOsteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA2016

Determinants of vitamin D supplementation prescription in nursing homes: a survey among general practitioners.

F Buckinx, J Y Reginster, E Cavalier, J Petermans, C Ricour, C Dardenne, O Bruyère

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Article in Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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F BuckinxDepartment of Public health, Epidemiology and health Economics, University of Liège, CHU - Sart Tilman, Bât. B23, Quartier Hôpital, Avenue Hippocrate, 13, 4000, Liège, Belgium. fanny.buckinx@ulg.ac.be.
J Y ReginsterDepartment of Public health, Epidemiology and health Economics, University of Liège, CHU - Sart Tilman, Bât. B23, Quartier Hôpital, Avenue Hippocrate, 13, 4000, Liège, Belgium.
E CavalierDepartment of Medical Chemistry, CHU of Liège, Liège, Belgium.
J PetermansGeriatric Department, CHU of Liège, Liège, Belgium.
C RicourGeriatric Department, CHU of Liège, Liège, Belgium.
C Dardenne"Maison Médicale Oxygène", Seraing, Belgium.
O BruyèreDepartment of Public health, Epidemiology and health Economics, University of Liège, CHU - Sart Tilman, Bât. B23, Quartier Hôpital, Avenue Hippocrate, 13, 4000, Liège, Belgium.
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège · BEUniversity of Liège · BE

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summaryA total of 119 GPs participated to a survey aimed to assess the profile and determinants of vitamin D supplementation prescription in nursing homes. Among the respondent GPs, 65 (54.6%) systematically prescribe vitamin D to their institutionalized patients and the 54 (45.4%) others prescribe only sometimes.

introductionThe aim of this study is to assess the profile and determinants of vitamin D supplementation prescription in nursing homes.

methodsGeneral practitioners (GPs) having at least one patient in a nursing home in Liège, Belgium, were asked to complete the survey.

resultsA total of 119 GPs participated in the survey. Among the respondent GPs, 65 (54.6 %) systematically prescribe vitamin D to their institutionalized patients and the 54 (45.4%) others prescribe only sometimes. The main reasons for prescribing vitamin D cited by GPs who do so systematically are as follows: because they believe nursing home residents are mostly deficient in vitamin D status (92.1%), because they believe that vitamin D supplementation prevents osteoporotic fractures (77.8%), and because vitamin D supplementation is recommended by various scientific societies (38.1%). GPs who only prescribe vitamin D supplementation in some patients mainly do so following a diagnosis of osteoporosis (82.4%), on the basis the 25(OH)D level (78.4%), in the case of history of fracture (54.9%) or after a recent fracture (43.4%). Surprisingly, 16 physicians (31.4%) only prescribe vitamin D when they think of it. Interestingly, while 40.7% of GPs always prescribe the same dose of vitamin D, the remaining 59.3% prescribe a dose that will mainly depend on the results of the 25(OH)D level (94.0%), the patient's bone health (49.3%), or history of fracture (43.3%).

conclusionsMore than half of GPs systematically prescribe vitamin D to their patients living in nursing homes. The other GPs usually prescribe vitamin D following the result of the vitamin D status or after a diagnosis of osteoporosis.

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AgedAttitude of Health PersonnelBelgiumDietary SupplementsDrug PrescriptionsDrug UtilizationFamily PracticeHealth Care SurveysHomes for the AgedHumansNursing HomesOsteoporosisPhysicians, FamilyPractice Patterns, Physicians'Vitamin DVitamin D Deficiency25-hydroxyvitamin DVitamin DGeneral practitionersNursing homesSurveyVitamin D

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