Review Article
Year: 2022 | Month: March | Volume: 9 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 99-104
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijrr.20220313
Vitamin D Supplementation for Elderly Patient with DM Type 2 in Corona Virus Disease 19 Era
Putu Ayu Eramitha Harnumningrat D.1, Made Suma Wirawan2
1,2Department of Internal Medicine Wangaya Regional General Hospital Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia
Corresponding Author: Putu Ayu Eramitha Harnumningrat D.
ABSTRACT
Background and Purpose: Diabetes Mellitus is one of the commonest chronic metabolic diseases which has been increasing significantly, linked to obesity and advanced age, with high morbidity and mortality caused by its complication. On the other hand, vitamin D deficiency is also serious public health problem. In a recent year, vitamin D supplementation is recognised to have several roles on metabolic and glucose control, so are immune system. The aim of this study is focus on correlation between diabetes mellitus and vitamin D, especially in elderly population, in the midst of global pandemic due to COVID-19.
Method: The design of this study is literature review. A literature searching was carried out by using key term ‘Diabetes Mellitus Type 2’, ‘Elderly Population’, ‘Vitamin D Supplementation’, and ‘COVID-19’ from four database, including NCBI, PubMed, Science Direct, and Google Scholar.
Result: Administering vitamin D supplementation in elderly population with diabetes mellitus type 2 could have several benefits for improving HbA1c, insulin resistance, metabolic profile, and blood glucose level. Moreover, vitamin D supplementation might help elderly patients with type 2 diabetes for having immunity to prevent infection, including COVID-19 infection.
Conclusion: Vitamin D supplementation can be considered as a simple and beneficial adjuvant therapy along with other treatment for diabetes mellitus in elderly population especially in this COVID-19 era.
Keywords: Diabetes Mellitus Type 2, Elderly, Vitamin D, Covid-19.
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