NCT05724238

The Effects of Traditional Herbal Dietary Supplements on General Fatigue and Negative Emotions of Graduate Students

The Effects of Traditional Herbal Dietary Supplements on General Fatigue and Negative Emotions of Graduate Students: A Randomized, Placebo-controlled Study

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 24 (estimated)
• Sponsor: National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years – 45 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to determine the effect of traditional herbal supplements on general fatigue and negative emotions in generally healthy graduate students. The main questions it aims to answer are: • Whether the traditional herbal supplements can ameliorate fatigue and negative emotions of young adults

Detailed description

Participants will: * Take oral herbal supplements or placebo as randomized for four weeks * Be evaluated for the fatigue, anxiety, and depression levels at baseline and four weeks after the intervention * Record sleep variables each day for five weeks Researchers will compare the intervention group (receiving herbal supplements) with the placebo group (receiving placebo) to see if oral herbal supplements have effects on the outcomes and to examine the anti-fatigue effect two weeks after intervention.

Conditions

• Fatigue

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Traditional Herbal Supplements (Kuan Sin Yin)	Astragalus-based Kuan Sin Yin
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Placebo	Placebo starch powder with 10% Kuan Sin Yin

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-08-26
• Primary completion: 2023-03-31
• Completion: 2023-03-31
• First posted: 2023-02-13
• Last updated: 2023-02-13

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Taiwan