Participant experiences from chronic administration of a multivitamin versus placebo on subjective health and wellbeing: A double-blind qualitative analysis of a randomised controlled trial

Nutrition Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Sarris, Jerome ^a,b   Cox, Katherine H M ^b   Camfield, David A ^b   Scholey, Andrew ^b   Stough, Con ^b   Fogg, Erin ^b   Kras, Marni ^b   White, David J ^b   Sali, Avni ^c   Pipingas, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c National Institute of Integrative Medicine   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adverse reactions; Cognition; Energy; Mood; Multivitamin; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BETA CAROTENE; BIOFLAVONOID; BIOTIN; CALCIUM; CHOLINE BITARTRATE; CHROMIUM; COLECALCIFEROL; COPPER; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; INOSITOL; IODINE; IRON; LYSINE; MAGNESIUM; MULTIVITAMIN; NICOTINAMIDE; PANTOTHENIC ACID; PLACEBO; POTASSIUM; PYRIDOXINE; RIBOFLAVIN; SELENIUM; THIAMINE; TYROSINE; UBIDECARENONE; ULTIVITE F1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN B COMPLEX; XANTHOPHYLL; ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL HEALTH; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PARALLEL DESIGN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AFFECT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEW ZEALAND; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; VITAMIN B COMPLEX; VITAMINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870910450     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-11-110     Document Type: Article

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