Efficacy and safety of a mineral and vitamin treatment on symptoms of antenatal depression: 12-week fully blinded randomised placebo-controlled trial (NUTRIMUM)
Hayley A. Bradley,
Elena Moltchanova,
Roger T. Mulder
et al.
Abstract:Background
Broad-spectrum micronutrients (minerals and vitamins) have shown benefit for treatment of depressive symptoms.
Aims
To determine whether additional micronutrients reduce symptoms of antenatal depression.
Method
Eighty-eight medication-free pregnant women at 12–24 weeks gestation, who scored ≥13 on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), were randomised 1:1 to micronutrients or active placebo (containing iodine and riboflavin), for 12 weeks. Micronutr… Show more
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