Literature Review: Pengaruh Defisiensi Vitamin D pada Pasien COVID-19

Theresia Chrisanthy Kustiawan (Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, 60115, Indonesia)
Siti Rahayu Nadhiroh (Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, 60115, Indonesia)

Media Gizi Kesmas
Vol 12 No 2 (2023): MEDIA GIZI KESMAS (DECEMBER 2023)

Background: Sun exposure contains ultraviolet light is needed by humans in terms of the formation of active vitamin D. The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic implementing the "stay at home” order led to a reduction in sun exposure which may have exacerbated vitamin D deficiency. In COVID-19 patients, Low vitamin D levels are associated with disease severity. Objectives: This literature study aims to see the effect of vitamin D deficiency in COVID-19 patients. Methods: A narrative study of literature is collected through several research articles published in the last two years (2020-2022) through the science web such as Google Scholar, Pubmed, dan ProQuest. Results: Vitamin D deficiency in COVID-19 patients causes a high risk of morbidity and mortality and vitamin D levels can be used as a predictor/prognosis of disease severity. Conclusions: Based on the result of literature study of collected articles, there is an effect of vitamin D deficiency in COVID-19 patients.