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The study aim was to investigate whether patients in palliative care are vitamin deficient.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Method<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This was a monocentre cross-sectional study. Patients attending the palliative care unit of a general hospital in Germany from October 2015 to April 2016 were examined for vitamin blood concentrations and symptoms. Data were analysed using univariate analysis and bivariate correlations.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Data were available from 31 patients. Vitamin D3 deficiency (&lt;62.5 nmol\/L) affected 93.5% of patients, vitamin B6 deficiency (&lt;4.1\u2009ng\/mL) 48.4%, vitamin C deficiency (&lt;4.5\u2009mg\/L) 45.2%, vitamin B1 deficiency (&lt;35 \u00b5g\/L) 25.8% and vitamin B12 deficiency (&lt;193\u2009pg\/mL) 12.9%. There was a significant negative correlation between vitamin B1 ranges and pain (r\u2009=\u2009\u22120.384) and depression (r\u2009=\u2009\u22120.439) symptoms.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>All patients showed a deficiency in at least one of the measured vitamins; 68% had concurrent deficiencies in &gt;1 vitamin. A follow-up study using validated questionnaires and a larger sample is needed to investigate the effects of targeted vitamin supplementation on quality of life and symptom burden.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/0300060519875370","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,9,24]],"date-time":"2019-09-24T02:17:10Z","timestamp":1569291430000},"page":"6192-6205","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Blood concentrations of vitamins B1, B6, B12, C and D and folate in palliative care patients: Results of a cross-sectional study"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"47","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9377-8502","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Claudia","family":"Vollbracht","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Hochschule Fresenius, University of Applied Sciences, Idstein, Germany"},{"name":"Chair of Naturopathy, University Medicine Rostock, Rostock, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Peter W","family":"G\u00fcndling","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Hochschule Fresenius, University of Applied Sciences, Idstein, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Karin","family":"Kraft","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Chair of Naturopathy, University Medicine Rostock, Rostock, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Iris","family":"Friesecke","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Hochschule Fresenius, University of Applied Sciences, Idstein, Germany"},{"name":"Warnow-Klinik B\u00fctzow, B\u00fctzow, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,9,23]]},"reference":[{"key":"bibr1-0300060519875370","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.7326\/M13-1609"},{"key":"bibr2-0300060519875370","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0002-8223(00)00189-9"},{"key":"bibr3-0300060519875370","volume-title":"Dietary Reference Intakes for thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin B6, folate, vitamin B12, pantothenic acid, biotin, and choline","author":"Institute of Medicine (US) Standing Committee on the Scientific Evaluation of Dietary Reference Intakes and its Panel on Folate, Other B Vitamins, and Choline","year":"1998"},{"key":"bibr4-0300060519875370","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1210\/jc.2010-2704"},{"key":"bibr5-0300060519875370","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.clnu.2009.04.011"},{"key":"bibr6-0300060519875370","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.nut.2014.12.027"},{"key":"bibr7-0300060519875370","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s00520-010-1075-7"},{"key":"bibr8-0300060519875370","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jpainsymman.2003.04.001"},{"key":"bibr9-0300060519875370","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/026921639400800408"},{"key":"bibr10-0300060519875370","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1634\/theoncologist.2011-0151"},{"key":"bibr11-0300060519875370","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/cncr.28619"},{"key":"bibr12-0300060519875370","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s13277-014-2885-x"},{"key":"bibr13-0300060519875370","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1191\/0269216305pm970oa"},{"key":"bibr14-0300060519875370","first-page":"269","volume":"24","author":"Riordan HD","year":"2005","journal-title":"P R Health Sci J"},{"key":"bibr15-0300060519875370","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1001\/jama.2015.19206"},{"key":"bibr16-0300060519875370","unstructured":"Deutsche Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Palliativmedizin. 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