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Review of '<b>Role of vitamins and nutrients in the management of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): a narrative review </b>'

Reviewer: Mohamed Ahmed Eladl

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Publication date of review: 2024-05-04

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Role of vitamins and nutrients in the management of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): a narrative review

Rehab G. El-Sayed, Eman Saad Alamri, Mohamed Lotfy Mohamed El-Sayed … (2024)

Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common psychiatric disorder that affects individuals across all age groups, including children, adolescents, and adults. The etiology of ADHD involves lack of a number of nutrients and food components. However, certain dietary strategies have been suggested as additional therapy in this condition. This review shed light on the correlation of dietary patterns with ADHD and to provide a concise summary of the current research about the practical application of dietary therapies. In the research, unhealthy eating habits were positively correlated with ADHD, but healthy eating habits were negatively correlated. Furthermore, there is a notable correlation between ADHD and a lack of certain nutrients, including iron, zinc, magnesium, polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) and vitamin D. These dietary modifications are promising strategies for ADHD management and needs stronger scientific proof to be validated.

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DOI:: 10.14293/S2199-1006.1.SOR-MED.AKNM4I.v1.RBLFVR

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ScienceOpen disciplines: Medicine

Keywords: Vitamins,ADHD,Polyunsaturated fatty acids,Nutrients,Minerals

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The abstract effectively summarizes the key points of the review but could be strengthened by providing more details on the methodology, discussing limitations, and suggesting future directions for research.

The introduction effectively sets the stage for the review by providing a comprehensive overview of ADHD and highlighting the need for alternative treatment approaches, particularly in the realm of nutrition. Strengthening transitions between sections and explicitly stating the aim of the review would further enhance its clarity and coherence.

While the material and methods section outline the general approach to searching for relevant studies, it could be strengthened by providing more specific details on search terms, inclusion criteria, study selection process, quality assessment, and documentation of the search methodology.

Overall, the results and discussion section provide valuable insights into the relationship between diet and ADHD. Highlighting study strengths and limitations can add to the review's strength.

The conclusion effectively summarizes the key findings of the review and highlights the potential significance of dietary modifications in managing ADHD. Strengthening the discussion of study limitations and providing more specific recommendations for future research could enhance the conclusion's impact

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Sawsan Zaitone wrote:

Dear Reviewer

Authors are very thankful for your keen revision and spending your time for this purpose.

We are glad to submt our response to your recpmmendations, kindly find them below:

1- The abstract effectively summarizes the key points of the review but could be strengthened by providing more details on the methodology, discussing limitations, and suggesting future directions for research.

Reply: The abstract was amended by new parts as recommended.

2- The introduction effectively sets the stage for the review by providing a comprehensive overview of ADHD and highlighting the need for alternative treatment approaches, particularly in the realm of nutrition. Strengthening transitions between sections and explicitly stating the aim of the review would further enhance its clarity and coherence.

Reply: the required parts were added to link the dufferent ideas in the introduction
The aim was amended as recommended by the respectibve reviewer, kindly check page 5

3- While the material and methods section outline the general approach to searching for relevant studies, it could be strengthened by providing more specific details on search terms, inclusion criteria, study selection process, quality assessment, and documentation of the search methodology.

Reply: the material and methods sections was amended by new sections to cover the required titles: kindly check page 5 & 6

4- Overall, the results and discussion section provide valuable insights into the relationship between diet and ADHD. Highlighting study strengths and limitations can add to the review's strength.

Reply: the discussion was amended by a new section to cover the stregth of the study, kindly check page 21

5- The conclusion effectively summarizes the key findings of the review and highlights the potential significance of dietary modifications in managing ADHD. Strengthening the discussion of study limitations and providing more specific recommendations for future research could enhance the conclusion's impact

Reply, the conclsuion was amended by new statements to set the limitations of this review and future directions.

Authors wish this revision aligns well with the reviewer's recommendations & will be happy to make any further required modifications.

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2024-05-04 19:07 UTC

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Reviewed by Mohamed Ahmed Eladl Reviewed by Bassant Barakat