Effects of dietary supplements on depressive symptoms in older patients: A randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 545-551

  Gariballa, Salah ^a,b   Forster, Sarah ^b  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute illness; Depression; Nutritional supplement; Older people

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BIOTIN; CALCIUM; CARBOHYDRATE; CHLORIDE; COPPER; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FAT; FOLIC ACID; IODINE; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; NICOTINIC ACID; PANTOTHENIC ACID; PHOSPHORUS; PLACEBO; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; SELENIUM; THIAMINE; VITAMIN D; ZINC;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELDERLY CARE; ERYTHROCYTE LEVEL; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT DURATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; AGING; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENERGY INTAKE; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOOD, FORMULATED; HUMANS; MALE; MINERALS; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PLACEBOS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMINS;

EID: 35448935193     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2007.06.007     Document Type: Article

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