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ArticleBMJ open2019

Nutraceuticals and nutritional supplements for the treatment of bipolar disorder: protocol for a systematic review.

Melanie M Ashton, Michael Berk, Chee H Ng, Malcolm Hopwood, Bianca Kavanagh, Lana J Williams, Jerome Sarris, Olivia M Dean

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Article in BMJ open, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. A Systematic Review of Nutraceuticals for the Treatment of Bipolar Disorder.Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Melanie M AshtonIMPACT Strategic Resarch Centre, School of Medicine, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
Michael BerkIMPACT Strategic Resarch Centre, School of Medicine, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
Chee H NgProfessorial Unit, The Melbourne Clinic, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Richmond, Victoria, Australia.
Malcolm HopwoodDepartment of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Bianca KavanaghIMPACT Strategic Resarch Centre, School of Medicine, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-1656-2775
Lana J WilliamsIMPACT Strategic Resarch Centre, School of Medicine, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
Jerome SarrisProfessorial Unit, The Melbourne Clinic, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Richmond, Victoria, Australia.
Olivia M DeanIMPACT Strategic Resarch Centre, School of Medicine, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
Deakin University · AUThe Royal Melbourne Hospital · AUThe University of Melbourne · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionFirst line pharmacological treatments for bipolar disorder (BD) can leave shortfalls in recovery leading to patients seeking alternative and adjunctive treatments such as nutraceuticals. This protocol for a systematic review and proposed meta-analysis aims to answer the research question: in patients with BD, how does use of nutraceutical treatments compare with placebo in reducing depressive and mania symptoms? METHODS AND ANALYSIS: Clinical trials will be identified through database searches using PubMed via PubMed, EMBASE via embase.com, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Clinical Trials (CENTRAL) via cochranelibrary.com and CINAHL Complete via EBSCO. Search terms for BD and specific nutraceuticals (75 total search terms) will be used. Double-blind, randomised, controlled, clinical trials of adults with BD will be included in the review. Risk of bias will be assessed using the Cochrane Collaboration's tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: This review will only look at published data (already reviewed for ethical compliance); therefore, ethical approval is not required. We aim to publish the systematic review in a peer-reviewed journal and present at conferences. PROSPERO REGISTRATION NUMBER: CRD42019100745.

Indexed as

Dietary SupplementsBipolar DisorderDepressive DisorderFatty Acids, EssentialHumansMineralsResearch DesignSystematic Reviews as TopicVitaminsFatty Acids, EssentialMineralsVitaminsbipolar disorderdietary supplementnutraceuticalreview

Identifiers

PMID30948585
PMCPMC6500254
OpenAlexW2925787425

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