NCT02362113

Glycemic Index/ Load and Mental Disorders

Glycemic Index, Glycemic Load and Common Psychological Disorders

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 3,000 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Isfahan University of Medical Sciences · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

A total of 300 adults would be included in the present cross-sectional study. glycemic index (GI) and glycemic load (GL) would be assessed by using a validated self-administered dish-based semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire. Validated Iranian versions of Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale and General Health Questionnaire-12 would be used to assess anxiety, depression and psychological distress.

Detailed description

Frequency of 5 food groups will be asked in dish-based semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire and they would be converted to grams. GI and GL will be estimated by using international table of GI and GL. Validated Iranian versions of Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale and General Health Questionnaire (GHQ)-12 were used to assess anxiety, depression and psychological distress. Possible score range for anxiety and depression is from 0 to 21. Scores of 8 or higher on either section were considered as the presence of anxiety or depression and scores of 7 or less were considered as normal status. In the present study, participants who got scores of 4 or more from GHQ were considered to have psychological distress.

Conditions

• Depression
• Anxiety
• Psychological Distress

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	GI/GL	GI and GL would be categorized as tertile. due to cross-sectional design of this study, intervention would not be applicable.

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-12-01
• Primary completion: 2015-04-01
• Completion: 2015-06-01
• First posted: 2015-02-12
• Last updated: 2015-02-12