Is vitamin D supplementation effective for the prevention of falls in elderly people?

Falls in elderly people are common and come with important effects on morbidity and mortality, dependence and institutionalization. It has been proposed that supplementation of vitamin D could prevent the occurrence of this event. Searching in Epistemonikos database, which is maintained by screening 30 databases, we identified 18 systematic reviews including 31 randomized trials. We combined the evidence using meta-analysis and generated a summary of findings table following the GRADE approach. We concluded the use of vitamin D probably leads to little or no difference in the risk of falling in elderly people. ; Las caídas en el adulto mayor son frecuentes y conllevan importante morbimortalidad, dependencia e institucionalización. Se ha planteado que la suplementación con vitamina D podría prevenir la ocurrencia de este evento. Utilizando la base de datos Epistemonikos, la cual es mantenida mediante búsquedas en 30 bases de datos, identificamos 18 revisiones sistemáticas que en conjunto incluyen 31 estudios aleatorizados. Realizamos un metanálisis y tablas de resumen de los resultados utilizando el método GRADE. Concluimos que el uso de vitamina D probablemente no disminuye el riesgo de caídas en adultos mayores.