Vitamin D deficiency and duration of COVID-19 symptoms in UK healthcare workers
VDD is a significant independent risk factor for extended durations of body aches and fatigue in healthcare workers who isolated for COVID-19 viral symptoms. Vitamin D supplementation may reduce symptom duration and is thus an area for future research.
Authors
- Joanne Duffy
- Sian Faustini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9300-5569)
- David Thickett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5456-6080)
- Karan R. Chadda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8060-8408)
- Alex Richter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2885-1299)
- Dhruv Parekh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1508-8362)
- Martin Hewison (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5806-9690)
- Adrian Shields (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5345-2156)
- Sebastian T. Lugg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7861-9108)
- Craig Webster (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6395-0503)
- Sally Roberts (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1835-327X)
- Aduragbemi A. Faniyi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1670-1680)
- Aaron Scott (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9325-5026)
Institutions
- National Health Service (GB)
- University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- Homerton University Hospital (GB)
- NIHR Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre (GB)
- University of Birmingham (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Medicine
- Published
- 2024-11-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2024.1494129
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Vitamin D Research Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.85
Funders
- University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
- National Institute for Health and Care Research