Mediterranean diet in people with subjective cognitive impairment
Research type
Research Study
Full title
The development and pilot testing of tailored Mediterranean lifestyle education to encourage behaviour change in participants with Subjective Cognitive Impairment
IRAS ID
245333
Contact name
Jayne Woodside
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Queen's University Belfast
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 0 months, 1 days
Research summary
Research suggests that a Mediterranean diet can have a beneficial effect on brain health. Subjective cognitive impairment describes when a person reports a worsening of their thinking abilities such as difficulty with day-to-day memory and concentration, however falls within a normal range in line with age related cognitive decline. Adopting a Mediterranean diet at this point could prove beneficial to prevent or delay decline in cognitive function. With input from patients medically diagnosed with cognitive impairment, we developed a Mediterranean lifestyle educational resource (‘THINK-MED’) to help people experiencing memory problems change their dietary behavior towards a Mediterranean diet. This present study aims to test the feasibility of the Mediterranean lifestyle educational intervention among community-dwelling adults with subjective cognitive impairment.
REC name
HSC REC B
REC reference
18/NI/0077
Date of REC Opinion
16 May 2018
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion