The association between dietary quality and dietary guideline adherence with mental health outcomes in adults: a cross-sectional analysis

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dc.contributor.authorMeegan, Amy
dc.contributor.authorPerry, Ivan J.
dc.contributor.authorPhillips, Catherine M.
dc.contributor.funderHealth Research Boarden
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-13T12:00:00Z
dc.date.available2017-03-13T12:00:00Z
dc.date.issued2017-03-05
dc.date.updated2017-03-13T11:53:23Z
dc.description.abstractThe prevalence of adverse mental health outcomes in adults is increasing. Although beneficial effects of selected micronutrients and foods on mental health have been reported, they do not reflect the impact of the habitual diet on mental health. Therefore, our objective is to examine potential associations between dietary quality, dietary composition and compliance with food pyramid recommendations with depressive symptoms, anxiety and well-being (assessed using CES-D, HADS-A and WHO-5 screening tools) in a cross-sectional sample of 2047 middle-aged adults. Diet was assessed using a self-completed FFQ. Chi-square tests, t-tests and logistic regression analyses were used to investigate the associations between dietary components and mental health outcomes. Dietary quality, but not dietary composition or guideline adherence, was associated with well-being. Those with high dietary quality were more likely to report well-being (OR =1.67, 95% CI 1.15–2.44, p = 0.007) relative to those with low dietary quality. This remained significant among females (OR = 1.92, (95% CI 1.14–3.23, p = 0.014) and non-obese individuals (OR = 2.03, 95% CI 1.28–3.20, p = 0.003). No associations between any dietary measures with anxiety or depressive symptoms were observed. These novel results highlight the importance of dietary quality in maintaining optimal psychological well-being. Better understanding of the relationship between dietary quality and mental health may provide insight into potential therapeutic or intervention strategies to improve mental health and well-being.en
dc.description.sponsorshipHealth Research Board, Ireland (HRC/2007/13)en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationMeegan, A., Perry, I. and Phillips, C. (2017) 'The Association between Dietary Quality and Dietary Guideline Adherence with Mental Health Outcomes in Adults: A Cross-Sectional Analysis', Nutrients, 9(3), pp. 238. doi:10.3390/nu9030238en
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/nu9030238
dc.identifier.endpage238-13en
dc.identifier.issn2072-6643
dc.identifier.issued3en
dc.identifier.journaltitleNutrientsen
dc.identifier.startpage238-1en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/3768
dc.identifier.volume9en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherMDPIen
dc.rights© 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).en
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectMental healthen
dc.subjectDepressionen
dc.subjectAnxietyen
dc.subjectWell-beingen
dc.subjectDietary qualityen
dc.subjectMitchelstown cohorten
dc.subjectCross-sectional studyen
dc.titleThe association between dietary quality and dietary guideline adherence with mental health outcomes in adults: a cross-sectional analysisen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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