Investigating the effect of Zinc Supplement on mood, anxiety and quality of life in the elderly
- Conditions
- Condition 1: Mood (depression). Condition 2: Anxiety. Condition 3: Quality of life.Mood [affective] disordersOrganic anxiety disorderLifestyle-related conditionF30-F39
- Registration Number
- IRCT2017071635110N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Vice chancellor for research - Shahroud University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 150
The inclusion criteria for this study are: having full satisfaction to participate in this study; seniors 60 years and older; Iranian citizenship; the ability to speak Farsi and answer questions; not using Zinc Supplement; no cognitive impairment (for the elderly with literacy based on the MMSE questionnaire score 25 and more and for the illiterate elderly, based on the AMTS questionnaire, score 7 and more); lack of liver and intestinal diseases as well as the absence of known cases of depression and anxiety both of these are diagnosed by the doctor. People with serum zinc levels in them based on experiment within be normal range; in that sense people whose serum zinc level is higher or lower than normal range do not enter the study.The exclusion criteria for this study are: the lack of cooperation and refusal of the elderly to continue to participate in research; the consumption of zinc supplement in the control group during the course of 70 days of intervention; the occurrence of severe stress, such as hospitalization or death of relatives in both groups during the study.
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Mood(depression). Timepoint: Before the intervention and 70 days after the intervention began. Method of measurement: GDS standard questionnaire.;Anxiety. Timepoint: Before the intervention and 70 days after the intervention began. Method of measurement: BAI standard questionnaire.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Quality of life. Timepoint: Before the intervention and 70 days after the intervention began. Method of measurement: SF-36 standard questionnaire.