{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,9]],"date-time":"2026-05-09T14:13:49Z","timestamp":1778336029098,"version":"3.51.4"},"reference-count":0,"publisher":"Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences","issue":"3","content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["Pak J Med Sci"],"abstract":"<jats:p>Objectives: We have assessed the Vitamin-D status and its association with health-related quality of life in asymptomatic young health care professionals in a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan.\r\nMethods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan. Three hundred and nineteen asymptomatic healthy health care professionals (HCPs) aged 20-40 years of age were enrolled in July 2023 using non-probability convenient sampling method The Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short Form Health Survey measured health related quality of life (HRQoL). ANOVA compared continuous variables, while Chi-square tested categorical variables. Results were considered statistically significant with a p value &lt; 0.05 in the two-sided analysis.\u00a0\r\nResults: From July 1st to July 31st, 2023, 319 individuals were recruited, with a mean age of 28\u00b72 \u00b1 4\u00b796 years, with 230 (72\u00b71%) males and 89 (27\u00b79%) females. The mean serum 25-hydroxyVitamin-D concentration was 24\u00b79 \u00b1 9\u00b755 ng\/ml with 82\u00b71% being either deficient or insufficient. The mean physical component score (PCS), mental component score (MCS) and total SF 36 score were 81\u00b72 \u00b1 11\u00b74, 77\u00b79 \u00b1 12\u00b79 and 79\u00b76 \u00b1 11\u00b71 respectively. There was no association between Vitamin-D levels and the SF 36 score (p value &gt; 0\u00b705).\r\nConclusion: Most asymptomatic young HCPs were Vitamin-D insufficient, whilst 95% had a mean SF 36 score &gt;50. However, there was no relationship between Vitamin-D status and the quality of life.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.12669\/pjms.42.3.11603","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,14]],"date-time":"2026-03-14T06:05:10Z","timestamp":1773468310000},"page":"557-564","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Quality of Life in relation to Vitamin-D levels in asymptomatic young health care professionals in a tertiary care hospital:  Quality\u00a0of Life and Vitamin-D (QoLD) study"],"prefix":"10.12669","volume":"42","author":[{"given":"Azizul Hasan","family":"Aamir","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Shaista","family":"Kanwal","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Azmat Ali","family":"Khan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"4935","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,5]]},"container-title":["Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences"],"original-title":[],"link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/pjms.org.pk\/index.php\/pjms\/article\/download\/11603\/3251","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/pjms.org.pk\/index.php\/pjms\/article\/download\/11603\/3251","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,9]],"date-time":"2026-05-09T13:38:04Z","timestamp":1778333884000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/pjms.org.pk\/index.php\/pjms\/article\/view\/11603"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,5]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"3","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,5]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.12669\/pjms.42.3.11603","relation":{},"ISSN":["1681-715X","1682-024X"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1681-715X","type":"electronic"},{"value":"1682-024X","type":"print"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,5]]}}}