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SynthesisNutrition reviews2023

Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet and mental well-being: a systematic review.

Juanyi Tan, Christy Wang, A Janet Tomiyama

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Synthesis in Nutrition reviews, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Juanyi Tanis with the Department of Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Yale School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Christy Wangare with the Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6212-7064
A Janet Tomiyamaare with the Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Funding

Scientific and Technical CoreP2CHD041022 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI Martha Jane Bailey · 2016 to 2026
$6.9M
Food Insecurity, Poor Diet, and Metabolic Syndrome: Cortisol’s Amplifying RoleR01DK128575 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI TOMIYAMA, A. JANET · 2021 to 2025
$2.0M
Obesity stigma and health behavior: An experimental approachR01HL158555 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI TOMIYAMA, A. JANET · 2021 to 2023
$1.3M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL158555NICHD NIH HHS P2C HD041022NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK128575NIH HHS R01DK128575
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

contextThe Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet is one of the most commonly prescribed diets for preventing and controlling hypertension. However, the relationship between the DASH diet and mental health and well-being has yet to be systematically understood.

objectiveTo fill this gap, the present review systematically examined the current literature on the association between the DASH diet and mental health. DATA SOURCES: The Web of Science, PsycINFO, and PubMed databases were systematically searched to identify eligible publications up to May 2021. Interventional and observational studies published in English allowing for inferences about mental well-being were included. DATA EXTRACTION: Two authors independently assessed the quality of reviewed studies using the NIH quality assessment tool and extracted qualitative data. Conflicts were adjudicated by the senior author. DATA ANALYSIS: A total of 16 studies involving 48 824 participants were included in the final review: Ten were observational studies and 6 were randomized controlled trials. On average, the methodological quality of the studies was medium strength. Mixed results on psychological measures were reported, but in general, the DASH diet was associated with better mental well-being. Five observational studies supported a negative association between adherence to the DASH diet and depressive symptoms/depression. Four randomized controlled trials provided evidence of the beneficial effects of the DASH diet on mental health, including quality of life and emotional symptoms.

conclusionThe DASH diet likely has positive effects on mental well-being, but the results were inconsistent across different studies, which might be likely due to differences in methods of assessments of the DASH diet and mental health outcomes. Well-powered randomized controlled trials with mental well-being as the primary outcome are needed in the future. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW REGISTRATION: PROSPERO registration no. CRD42021267667.

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Dietary Approaches To Stop HypertensionHypertensionDietHumansMental HealthQuality of LifeRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicDASH dietdietary approaches to slow hypertensiondietary indexepidemiologymental health psychological well-beingsystematic review

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PMID37085157
PMCPMC10711436

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