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The purpose of this study was to determine if home based physical exercises protocol and Diet management has an effect on functional performance and depression level related to vitamin D deficiency in females.
This is a randomized controlled trial to study the effect of home based physical exercises in comparison to Diet management, sun exposure and vitamin D supplements on functional performance and depression level in females with vitamin D deficiency.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Home Based Physical Exercise | Experimental | This group composed of 30 participants who will receive full body physical exercise 6 days per week in addition to sun exposure as well as their vitamin D supplement for 6 weeks. |
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| Diet management group | Experimental | This group composed of 30 participants who will receive dietary management and sun exposure as well as their vitamin D supplement for 6 weeks. |
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| Sun Exposure and supplements | Experimental | This group composed of 30 participants who will receive only sun exposure as well as their vitamin D supplement for 6 weeks. |
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| Control group | No Intervention | This group composed of 30 participants who didn't receive any intervention |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Home Based Physical Exercise | Other | Home Exercise protocol consists of one hour divided to 3 minutes warm up",9 minutes' full body (lower limbs, abdomen, back and upper limbs) exercise composed of (aerobic and strengthening) and 3 minutes cool down 4 times per day and 15 minutes for each session 6 days with one day recovery and, with every day follow up with each patient to ensure they did the whole sets and instructed them the ways to each exercise, The total duration was 36 sessions (6 weeks) for each patient. Daily communication with all subjects through sending mobile messages 3 times every day. The message was to remind the participants and confirmation of their response. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Vitamin D3 blood test | Measuring of Vitamin D3 in Blood through lab test | 6 weeks |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAMD) | Depression questionnaire The HDRS (also known as the Ham-D) is the most widely used clinician-administered depression assessment scale. The original version contains 17 items (HDRS 17) pertaining to symptoms of depression experienced. The patients were brought and explained to them the method of the questionnaire, and then they answered all 17 questions and the numbers for each patient were collected and written down. |
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Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Wael OA Abd El-Khalek, Dr. | Dept of Basic Sciences, Faculty of PT, BUC, Cairo, Egypt. | Study Chair |
| Doaa Saeed, Dr. | Dept of PT for women's health, Faculty of PT, BUC, Cairo, Egypt. | Study Chair |
| Mina AG Elias, Dr. | Dept of PT for Internal Medicine & Geriatrics, Faculty of PT, BUC, Cairo, Egypt. | Study Chair |
| Heba A Bahey El-Deen, Prof. Dr. | Dept of PT & Health Rehabilitation, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Jouf University, KSA. | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| College of Applied Medical Sciences, Jouf University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia | Jazan | Al Jawf Region | 85846 | Saudi Arabia |
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| ID | Term |
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| D014808 | Vitamin D Deficiency |
| ID | Term |
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| D001361 | Avitaminosis |
| D003677 | Deficiency Diseases |
| D044342 | Malnutrition |
| D009748 | Nutrition Disorders |
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| Vitamin D3 Supplements | Dietary Supplement | Vitamin D3 supplement (400mg) once daily. |
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| Diet Management | Other | Patients receive weekly diet program contains dietary sources of Vitamin D such as yolk eggs, tuna and milk. |
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| Sun Exposure | Behavioral | Patients regular exposure to sun once a day 30 minutes of sun exposure, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. daily. Exposure to the face, arms, hands, and legs without sunscreen |
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| 6 weeks |
| 6 Minutes Walk Test | Measuring the distance patient walked in 6 minutes (6 Minute walk distance) | 6 weeks |
| Dyspnea Borg scale | t uses a scale from 0 to 10, where 0 represents no dyspnea and 10 represents maximal dyspnea. Scores are obtained at the end of the 6MWD test and reflect the maximum degree of dyspnea at any time during the walk. | 6 weeks |
| D009750 |
| Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases |