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ReviewCureus2023

Impact of Nutritional Interventions on Alzheimer's Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Rehana Basri, Mubarak Alruwaili, Raed AlRuwaili, Anas Mohammad Albarrak, Naif H Ali

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Review in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Rehana BasriDepartment of Internal Medicine/Neurology, College of Medicine, Jouf University, Sakaka, SAU.
Mubarak AlruwailiDepartment of Internal Medicine/Neurology, College of Medicine, Jouf University, Sakaka, SAU.
Raed AlRuwailiDepartment of Internal Medicine/Neurology, College of Medicine, Jouf University, Sakaka, SAU.
Anas Mohammad AlbarrakDepartment of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj, SAU.
Naif H AliDepartment of Internal Medicine, Medical College, Najran University, Najran, SAU.
Al Jouf University · SAPrince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University · SANajran University · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The most prevalent type of dementia, especially in older persons, is Alzheimer's disease (AD), which has clinical signs of progressive cognitive decline and functional impairment. However, new research indicates that AD patients' dietary patterns and nutritional intake could hold the key to staving off some of the complications. Therefore, the primary aim of this investigation was to analyze various dietary patterns and the subsequent impact of the resulting nutritional intake on AD patients. Various online databases (PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar) were searched using appropriate keywords, reference searches, and citation searches. The databases were accessed using the search phrases "Alzheimer's disease," "dietary habits," "minerals," "nutritional profile," and "vitamins." Fifteen of the 21 investigations that we selected for our systematic review and subsequent meta-analysis revealed that micronutrient supplementation and some dietary patterns were helpful in alleviating a few of the symptoms of AD, especially with regard to the progression of dementia in the assessed patients. It was shown that dietary interventions and nutritional adjustments can considerably delay the onset of AD and the varying degrees of dementia that often accompany it. However, there were some areas of ambiguity in our findings because a few of the chosen studies did not document any noticeable improvements in the patient's conditions.

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alzheimer’s diseasealzheimer's illnessdietary habitsmineralsnutritional profilevitamins

Identifiers

PMID38152793
PMCPMC10751620
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