NCT05276479

Dietary Plant Hormone and Mental Health

Association Between Dietary Plant Hormone Intake and Mental Health

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 538 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Bern · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 30 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The aim of this cross-sectional online study is to investigate the association between regular feeding behavior and stress, sleep as well as anxiety and depressive symptoms in healthy subjects.

Detailed description

The gut-microbiota-brain (GMB) axis has a multidirectional communication between the intestine, the microbiota, and the central nervous system (CNS). Over the past decade, there has been extensive research showing that the GMB axis has a profound influence not only on neurological disorders but also on neural development, activation of the neuroendocrine axis and neurotransmission, as well as modulation of complex human behaviors. Thus, the GBM-axis is involved in the regulation of stress, emotions, behaviour, and higher cognitive functions. As the GMB plays an essential role in human psychological functioning and mental health, the dietary manipulation of the microbiome may have direct effects on mental well-being, sleep, anxiety and depressive symptoms.

Conditions

• Dietary Behavior
• Stress
• Sleep
• Depression, Anxiety

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Anonymous online survey on dietary habits and mental health	Assessment of regular feeding behavior and mental health

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-05-01
• Primary completion: 2022-11-01
• Completion: 2022-12-01
• First posted: 2022-03-11
• Last updated: 2025-08-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Switzerland