Maternal supplementation with small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements during pregnancy and lactation does not reduce depressive symptoms at 6 months postpartum in Ghanaian women: a randomized controlled trial

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 55-63

  Okronipa, Harriet ^a,b   Adu Afarwuah, Seth ^b   Lartey, Anna ^b   Ashorn, Per ^c   Vosti, Stephen A ^a   Young, Rebecca R ^a   Dewey, Kathryn G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ghana; Lipid based nutrient supplements; Postpartum depression

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; IRON; LIPID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; FEMALE; GHANAIAN; HUMAN; LACTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; POSTNATAL DEPRESSION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; GHANA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; LACTATION; LIPIDS; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85023166000     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: 14351102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-017-0752-7     Document Type: Article

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