Healthy dietary indices and risk of depressive outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies.

ABSTRACT: With depression being the psychiatric disorder incurring the largest societal costs in developed countries, there is a need to gather evidence on the role of nutrition in depression, to help develop recommendations and guide future psychiatric health care. The aim of this systematic review was to synthesize the link between diet quality, measured using a range of predefined indices, and depressive outcomes. Medline, Embase and PsychInfo were searched up to 31^st May 2018 for studies that examined adherence to a healthy diet in relation to depressive symptoms or clinical depression. Where possible, estimates were pooled using random effect meta-analysis with stratification by observational study design and dietary score. A total of 20 longitudinal and 21 cross-sectional studies we

SUBMITTER: Lassale C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6755986 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature