NCT04654936

Effectiveness of a 12 Week Theory Driven Intervention Promoting Adherence to the MIND Diet

Feasibility and Acceptability of a 12 Week Online Dietary Intervention Promoting the MIND Diet Using the COM-B Model

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 41 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Ulster · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 40 Years – 55 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study aims to test the feasibility and acceptability of a 12 week online dietary promoting MIND diet behaviour. This study also tests the effectiveness of the MIND diet on cognitive function, mood, quality of life and participants capability, opportunity and motivation towards adoption of the MIND diet.

Detailed description

This study is a randomized controlled prospective follow up study, condition (control Vs intervention) x time(baseline Vs follow up) ANOVA with repeated measures design. Outcome measures for COM-B, cognitive function, mood and quality of life were recorded for both the intervention and control groups. With power set at .80, and alpha = .05, G\*Power indicated that a sample size of 36 would be required. Forty-one participants took part in the study. Participants were healthy male, and female aged between 40-55 years old living in Northern Ireland. There are 2 intervention arms and one control group. The intervention was designed using the Behaviour Change Wheel, with prior qualitative research informing the intervention. All statistical analyses were performed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) with significance set at P \< 0.05 throughout

Conditions

• Cognitive Change

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	MIND diet	12 week MIND diet study: Participants access a website that is theory driven using the Behaviour Change Wheel to help motivate and promote MIND diet adherence. Participants are to consume MIND diet foods daily and meet MIND diet weekly recommendations
BEHAVIORAL	MIND diet with no support	Participants are to consume MIND diet food recommendations over a 12 week period with no support except for a self-monitoring resource and MIND diet guidelines

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-05-16
• Primary completion: 2019-11-06
• Completion: 2019-11-06
• First posted: 2020-12-04
• Last updated: 2020-12-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United Kingdom