The effect of Zinc Supplementation on Sleep quality and fatigue in the elderly

Vice chancellor for research - Shahroud University of Medical Sciences0 个研究点目标入组 150 人开始时间: 待定最近更新: 2018年2月22日

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•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 to diagnose a 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. Elderly people with low sleep quality; according to Pittsburgh sleep quality questionnaire, gaining a score of over 5 in the entire questionnaire is means poor sleep quality. 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; those who did not use sleep medications before the intervention began but after the intervention begins and in the 70-day study period taking a sleep medication will be excluded.

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Vice chancellor for research - Shahroud University of Medical Sciences