ArticleAdvanced biomedical research2020
Is Vitamin D Status Associated with Depression, Anxiety and Sleep Quality in Pregnancy: A Systematic Review.
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- A Systematic Review of the Correlation Between Micronutrient Levels and Perinatal Depression.Nutrients · 2025Pooled it
- Is Serum Vitamin D Associated with Depression or Anxiety in Ante- and Postnatal Adult Women? A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis.Nutrients · 2024Pooled it
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- The Association Between Vitamin D Status and Depression Severity in Adults with Major Depressive Disorder: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- Interconnected Developmental Trajectories of the Brain, Gut, and Sleep in Early Life: The First 1000 Days of Nutritional Opportunity.Nutrients · 2026Review
- Scoping review of preventive interventions for postpartum depression to inform policy and planning.Discover mental health · 2026Review
- Relationship Between Vitamin D Deficiency and Postpartum Depression.Journal of personalized medicine · 2025Review
- Egg consumption, sleep, and mental health status among women with type II diabetes.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Circadian neurogenetics and its implications in neurophysiology, behavior, and chronomedicine.Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews · 2024Review
- Vitamin D Levels and Depressive Symptoms during Pregnancy: A Prospective Pregnancy Cohort Study.Depression and anxiety · 2024Article
- Vitamin D Status as an Important Predictor of Preterm Birth in a Cohort of Black Women.Nutrients · 2023Article
- Is Vitamin D Important in Anxiety or Depression? What Is the Truth?Current nutrition reports · 2022Review
- Sleep, Anxiety, and Vitamin D Status and Risk for Peripartum Depression.Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) · 2022Article
- The Problem of Malnutrition Associated with Major Depressive Disorder from a Sex-Gender Perspective.Nutrients · 2022Review
- The effect of depressive symptomatology on the association of vitamin D and sleep.BMC psychiatry · 2021Article
- Association between Vitamin D Levels During Pregnancy and Postpartum Depression: A Narrative Reviews.Iranian journal of nursing and midwifery researchReview
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Abstract
backgroundWomen's mental health is a significant health issue for pregnant women during and after pregnancy. Postpartum depression (PPD) is defined as the presence of depression in the 1 MATERIALS AND
methodsA systematic search was conducted on documents presented in PubMed, Scopus, ProQuest, Science Direct, Google Scholar and Web of Science databases until March 2020. Three separate search paths were considered for three different disorders with particular keywords. All observational studies that investigate the relationship between Vitamin D levels and PPD, sleep disorders, and anxiety were selected for inclusion in the study.
resultsSearch yielded 14 eligible studies. Quality of most included studies was medium to high. Nine studies reported that Vitamin D deficiency was directly associated to the incidence of PPD and sleep disorders. One study reported an indirect association, and three researches did not observe any association between Vitamin D status, sleep disorders and PPD. One study reported a direct association to anxiety but did not have any relation to PPD.
conclusionsPPD and sleep quality during pregnancy associated to Vitamin D deficiency directly. Although studies have several limitations, the importance of sufficient Vitamin D status in pregnant women has been addressed in all studies, especially regarding the prevention of PPD, anxiety, and poor sleep quality during the pregnancy.
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