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The Effect of Soya Foods on Cognitive Function and Menopausal Symptoms in Postmenopausal Women.

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Menopause
Interventions
Dietary Supplement: Alpro soya drinks
Registration Number
NCT03561662
Lead Sponsor
University of Ulster
Brief Summary

Participants will be randomly assigned to one of three treatment groups to receive soyafoods (Alpro drinks) providing a low (\<10 mg), medium (35mg) or high-dose (60 mg) of isoflavones daily for a period of 12 weeks. The group receiving \<10mg isoflavones daily will serve as a low-dose control group. Women will be asked to avoid consuming any additional soya foods during the study.

Dietary intake will be assessed at baseline using the validated food frequency questionnaire a 4 day food diary will be completed at baseline and post-intervention. Weight and height will be measured and a general health \& lifestyle questionnaire will also be completed by participants at baseline. Cognitive function will be assessed at baseline and post-intervention using the well validated and widely used computerised test battery system. Menopausal symptoms, quality of life, mood, stress and coping will also be assessed.

Plasma concentrations of the soya isoflavones genistein and daidzein will be measured to assess compliance. Circulating concentrations of equol (a daidzein metabolite), will also be measured to investigate associations between equol and cognition and menopausal symptoms as a potential mechanism for the efficacy of soya.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
117
Inclusion Criteria
  • apparently healthy
  • within 7 years postmenpopausal with the absence of vaginal bleeding for at least 1 year
  • ≥ 24 in mini mental state examination
  • not suffering from psychiatric distress as assessed using GHQ28 questionnaire
Exclusion Criteria
  • surgically induced menopause
  • habitual consumers of soys foods (> 2 serves/week)
  • currently using hormone therapy
  • currently on isoflavone supplements
  • antibiotics use within last 3 months
  • use of psychoactive medication
  • history of CVD, cancer, diabetes, thyroid, renal or kidney disease, alcohol or drug abuse
  • red-green colour blindness

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Low isoflavoneAlpro soya drinksAlpro soya drinks containing 10 mg isoflavones per day
Medium isoflavoneAlpro soya drinksAlpro soya drinks containing 35 mg isoflavones per day
High isoflavoneAlpro soya drinksAlpro soya drinks containing 60 mg isoflavones per day
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change in Cognitive functionChange at Week 12 from baseline

Assessed using the computerised Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB)

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change in Quality of LifeChange at Week 12 from baseline

Control, Autonomy, Self-realisation and Pleasure (CASP-19). CASP 19 is a measure of quality of life, it has 19 questions comprising 4 subscales assessing control, autonomy, self-realisation and pleasure, scored from 0-3, subscales range from 0-12 and 0-15, with higher scores indicating higher quality of life.

Change in MoodChange at Week 12 from baseline

Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS), a 20 item questionnaire assessing positive and negative mood, a score is calculated for each of these and range from 1-50, with higher scores indicating greater presence of the mood.

Change in StressChange at Week 12 from baseline

Perceived stress scale, a 14 item questionnaire measuring global stress levels with a higher score indicating greater psychological distress. Scores can range from 0-52.

Change in CopingChange at Week 12 from baseline

COPE Inventory

Change in Menopausal symptomsChange at Week 12 from baseline

Greene's Climacteric scale, a 21 item scale measuring menopausal symptoms, including psychological, somatic and vasomotor symptoms, it is scored on a scale from 0-63, with higher scores indicating greater severity of symptoms.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Human Intervention Studies Unit, Ulster University

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Coleraine, Co.Londonderry, United Kingdom

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