The effect of the indoor environment quality (IEQ) on cognition and health

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Pending

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 26

Inclusion Criteria

• A potential volunteer who meets all the following criteria can be included
for participation in this study:
• BMI between 18.5-26 kg/m2
• Age between 20-40 years
• Proficient with the English language in both verbal and written form
• Healthy; no illness or disease or prescribed medication within the last 3
months
• Steady dietary and sleeping habits
• Regularly physically active (i.e. regularly active but less than 3 times a
week for less than 2 hours per session at moderate intensity)
• Non-smoker or person who quit smoking more than five years ago
• Reside in the Netherlands (or surrounding countries) for at least 6 months

Exclusion Criteria

A potential volunteer who meets any of the following criteria will be excluded
from
participation in this study:
• Subjects with cardiac problems and cardiovascular diseases, such as angina
pectoris, cardiac infarction, and arrhythmias
• Subjects with any medical condition requiring treatment and/or medication
(except oral contraceptives) that might interfere with the investigated
parameters E.g., Extreme chronotype, colour blindness, epilepsy
• Subjects with a disorder or disease (Parkinson, Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Alzheimer, diabetes, cardiovascular disorder,
respiratory impairments (for example asthma), hypertension, obesity, or any
other condition that can impair the lung function), or Raynaud*s phenomenon
• Subjects with abnormal diet and sleeping patters and/or abnormal body weight
(weight gain or loss >3kg in the past month)
• Subjects who recently participated in other interventional biomedical study
within 1 month prior to screening visit
• Subjects, who do not want to be informed about unexpected medical findings,
or do not wish that their treating physician will be informed, cannot
participate in this study

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Cognitive performance (cognitive tasks and subjective workload and motivation)</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Physiological parameters (skin temperature, skin blood flow, heart rate, core<br /><br>temperature, blood pressure, blood glucose, urine hydration, salivary<br /><br>cortisol), Subjective environment perceptions (thermal, air quality and wetness<br /><br>sensation, comfort, acceptance, preference, pleasure)</p><br>