Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, 2010; 28: 166?171

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Vitamin D status in patients with musculoskeletal pain, fatigue and headache: A cross-sectional descriptive study in a multi-ethnic general practice in Norway

KIRSTEN VALEBJ?RG KNUTSEN, METTE BREKKE, SVEIN GJELSTAD & PER LAGERL?V

Department of General Practice and Community Medicine, Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo, Norway

Abstract

Objective. To investigate vitamin D levels in patients with non-specific musculoskeletal pain, headache, and fatigue. Design. A cross-sectional descriptive study. Setting. A health center in Oslo, Norway, with a multi-ethnic population. Subjects. A total of 572 patients referred by a general practitioner (GP) for an examination of hypovitaminosis D who reported mus- culoskeletal pain, headache, or fatigue. The patients? native countries were: Norway (n