Anxiety and Depression decreased in senior prediabetics with weekly 25,000 IU of Vitamin D – RCT Sept 2022


Vitamin D Alleviates Anxiety and Depression in Elderly People with Prediabetes: A Randomized Controlled Study

Metabolites 2022, 12(10), 884; https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo12100884
by Evangelia Zaromytidou 1ORCID,Theocharis Koufakis 2ORCID,Georgios Dimakopoulos 3ORCID,Despina Drivakou 2,Stavroula Konstantinidou 4,Pantelitsa Rakitzi 2,Maria Grammatiki 2,Eleni Manthou 2,Athanasios Notopoulos 1,Ioannis Iakovou 5,Anna Gotzamani-Psarrakou 6 andKalliopi Kotsa 2,*

Older people are prone to frailness, present poor adherence to pharmacotherapy, and often have adverse drug effects. Therefore, it is important to develop effective and safe interventions to mitigate the burden of anxiety and depression disorders in this population. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of vitamin D supplementation on the anxiety and depression status of elderly people with prediabetes. Participants were randomly assigned a weekly dose of vitamin D3 of 25,000 IU (n = 45, mean age 73.10 ± 7.16 years) or nothing (n = 45, mean age 74.03 ± 7.64 years), in addition to suggested lifestyle measures. The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory subscales (STAI-T and STAI-S) and the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) were used to evaluate anxiety and depression levels, respectively, at baseline, 6, and 12 months.
A total of

  • 92.68% of the participants in the vitamin D group and
  • 97.14% of the controls exhibited vitamin D deficiency (<20 ng/mL) at baseline.

Mean STAI-T scores were lower in supplemented individuals than in the control group at 6 (38.02 ± 9.03 vs. 43.91 ± 7.18, p = 0.003) and 12 months (32.35 ± 7.77 vs. 44.97 ± 7.78, p < 0.001). The same pattern was evident for STAI-S scores at 6 (37.11 ± 7.88 vs. 43.20 ± 9.33, p = 0.003) and 12 months (32.59 ± 6.45 vs. 44.60 ± 9.53, p < 0.001). Supplemented participants demonstrated lower mean PHQ-9 scores compared to controls at 6 (15.69 ± 6.15 vs. 19.77 ± 8.96, p = 0.021) and 12 months (13.52 ± 5.01 vs. 20.20 ± 8.67, p < 0.001). Participants with deficiency and insufficiency at baseline experienced equal benefits of supplementation in terms of anxiety and depression scores.
In conclusion, in a high-risk population, a weekly vitamin D supplementation scheme was effective in alleviating anxiety and depression symptoms. More studies are needed to elucidate the relevant mechanisms.


14+ VitaminDWiki pages have ANXIETY in the title

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Half as much anxiety and sleep problems if get lots of vitamin D from food (excluded getting D from supplements) – Feb 2024 23 Feb, 2024
Anxiety, Vitamin D, Omega-3 - many studies 23 Feb, 2024
Low Vitamin D is associated with risk of Depression 5X, Stress 4.8 X, and Anxiety 3.9 X (Saudi Arabia college students) – July 2023 29 Jul, 2023
Parkinson’s – Vitamin D, bone density, insomnia, falls, poor sleep, anxiety – March 2019 10 May, 2023
Anxiety and Depression decreased in senior prediabetics with weekly 25,000 IU of Vitamin D – RCT Sept 2022 22 Dec, 2022
Depression and Anxiety treatment with Vitamin D - probable molecular pathways - June 2022 21 Dec, 2022
Coronary Artery Disease Chest Pain, Anxiety, and Fatigue associated with low vitamin D – Oct 2022 07 Oct, 2022
Anxiety, depression, and suicide have recently surged (Note: Vitamin D, Omega-3, and Magnesium help) – May 2022 29 May, 2022
General Anxiety Disorder treated by weekly Vitamin D (50,000 IU -Omega-3, Mg also help) – Sept 2019 09 Dec, 2019
Omega-3 reduces Depression. Anxiety, Stress, PTSD, etc. – Aug 2018 02 Sep, 2019
Happy Nurses Project gave Omega-3 for 3 months – reduced depression, insomnia, anxiety, etc for a year – RCT July 2018 10 Nov, 2018
Anxiety severity reduced if more than 2 grams of Omega-3 – meta-analysis Sept 2018 19 Sep, 2018
Why is teen anxiety increasing so much (no mention of Magnesium, Vitamin D nor Omega-3) – Oct 2017 11 Oct, 2017
Salmon intervention (vitamin D and Omega-3) improved heart rate variability and reduced anxiety – Nov 2014 11 Feb, 2015


VitaminDWiki - 12 studies in both categories Seniors and Depression

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