Vitamin d deficiency common among young doctors?
NCT ID NCT07479303
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This completed study looked at vitamin D levels in 30 young medical residents at a hospital in Spain. Those found to have low vitamin D were given a supplement and rechecked. The goal was simply to understand how common vitamin D deficiency is in this group.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Calcifediol (Vitamin D)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could highlight the need for routine vitamin D screening in healthcare workers.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small, retrospective, single-center study with no control group, so results may not apply broadly.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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30 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2025
- Finished
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Dec 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Medical residents admitted to the Reina Sofia University Hospital Residency Program
- Ages
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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Inclusion Criteria: * Physicians admitted to the Residency Programme at Reina Sofía University Hospital Exclusion Criteria: * Subjects for whom there is no data collected in the occupational medicine medical recordrds
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Edificio IMIBIC, Avd. Menedez Pidal, s/n
Córdoba, 14004, Spain
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