Recovery from (treatment-resistant) depression after lifestyle changes and micronutrient precision supplementation: a preliminary field study in patients

Table 4 Patients’ adherence to lifestyle protocols

depressed patients with asterisk	1*	2*	3	4	5*	6*	7*	8	9*	10*	11	12*	13	14*	15*	16*	17
antidepressant medication	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	YES	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	YES	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO
Depression since	6 months	6 months	n.a	n.a	4 months	5 + years	5 + years	n.a	2 months	6 months	n.a	2–5 years	n.a	5 + years	6 months	2–5 years	n.a
activities before the start of the study	sport	sport healthy diet	sport	sport medi-tation	none	sport	sport	sport healthy diet	sport medita-tion	sport	none	none	healthy diet	healthy diet	sport	sport	healthy diet
social isolation during Covid-19 lockdowns	YES	NO	YES	NO	YES	NO	YES	NO	NO	YES	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO
individualized supplements taken as specified	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES
met at least 1 person daily	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES
sport/movement 30 min daily	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	n.s	YES	YES	JA	NO	YES	YES	YES	YES	NO
avoid mobile/TV before bed/at night	YES	YES	NO	YES	none	NO	YES	n.s	YES	YES	NO	NO	YES	YES	NO	NO	YES
healthy diet	YES	YES	YES	YES	NO	NO	YES	n.s	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	NO	YES
condition at the end of the study period	very good	unchanged	worse	good	good	better	good	good	good	good	good	good	good	good	very good	good	good

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