Vitamin D Supplements Help Alleviate Depression, According to Research Meta-Analysis - SciTechDaily

A new study finds that vitamin D supplementation may alleviate depressive symptoms in adults with depression.

Vitamin D supplementation may alleviate depressive symptoms in adults with depression, according to an extensive meta-analysis.

This is why further ways to alleviate the symptoms of depression have been sought, for example, from nutritional research.

Additionally, cross-sectional studies have observed an association between vitamin D deficiency and depressive symptoms.

However, previous meta-analyses on the effects of vitamin D supplementation on depression have been inconclusive.

In a meta-analysis, results from multiple different studies are combined and analyzed statistically.

The new meta-analysis on the association of vitamin D supplementation with depression is the largest one published so far.

These studies have investigated the efficacy of vitamin D in alleviating depressive symptoms in adults by randomized placebo-controlled trials in different populations.

The results of the meta-analysis show that vitamin D supplementation is more effective than a placebo in alleviating depressive symptoms in people with depression.

“These findings will encourage new, high-level clinical trials in patients with depression in order to shed more light on the possible role of vitamin D supplementation in the treatment of depression,” Mikola concludes.

Reference: “The effect of vitamin D supplementation on depressive symptoms in adults: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of randomized controlled trials” by Tuomas Mikola, Wolfgang Marx, Melissa M.