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IRCT2017080635110N2 IRCT 2017-09-07 Vice chancellor for research - Shahroud University of Medical Sciences The effect of Zinc Supplementation on Sleep quality and fatigue in the elderly The effect of Zinc Supplementation on Sleep quality and fatigue in the elderly 2017-09-23 anticipated 150 Complete https://irct.ir/trial/26634 interventional Randomization: Randomized, Blinding: Single blinded, Placebo: Not used, Assignment: Parallel, Purpose: Prevention, Other design features: Select clusters is based on socioeconomic conditions of the people of Kashan city. Random assignment to test and control groups based on randomized software in the form of four blocks will be grouped and in two groups A (intervention) And group B (control) will be placed. Zinc measurements in a laboratory in Kashan and will be done by auto-analysis.Relaxation exercises will be taught if aging after 70 days of low sleep quality or high fatigue is based on Pittsburgh Sleep Quality and MFI Inventory. N/A Condition 1: Sleep Quality. Condition 2: Fatigue. Intervention 1: In the intervention group: Zinc supplemented pill is a zinc gluconate form and it contains 30 mg zinc for 70 days will be given to elderly group intervention. One day one of these pills after lunch meal is used together with a glass of water. Intervention 2: In the control group: No action is taken.
public Abolfazl Afzali
Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Hafte-Tir Square
Shahroud Iran (Islamic Republic of) +98 23 3239 5054 Afzali.a1373@shmu.ac.ir Shahroud University of Medical Sciences scientific Dr. Hussein Ebrahimi
Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Hafte-Tir Square
Shahroud Iran (Islamic Republic of) +98 23 3239 5054 ebrahimi@shmu.ac.ir Shahroud University of Medical Sciences Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iran (Islamic Republic of) "The inclusion criteria for this study are": having full satisfaction to participate in this study; seniors 60 years and older; Iranian citizenship; the ability to speak Farsi and answer questions; not using Zinc Supplement; no cognitive impairment (for the elderly with literacy based on the MMSE questionnaire score 25 and more and for the illiterate elderly, based on the AMTS questionnaire, score 7 and more); lack of liver and intestinal diseases to diagnose a doctor, people with serum zinc levels in them based on experiment within be normal range; in that sense people whose serum zinc level is higher or lower than normal range do not enter the study. Elderly people with low sleep quality; according to Pittsburgh sleep quality questionnaire, gaining a score of over 5 in the entire questionnaire is means poor sleep quality. "The exclusion criteria for this study are": the lack of cooperation and refusal of the elderly to continue to participate in research; the consumption of zinc supplement in the control group during the course of 70 days of intervention; the occurrence of severe stress, such as hospitalization or death of relatives in both groups during the study; those who did not use sleep medications before the intervention began but after the intervention begins and in the 70-day study period taking a sleep medication will be excluded. 60 years 100 years Both G47 R53 Sleep disorders Malaise and fatigue Treatment - Drugs N/A In the intervention group: Zinc supplemented pill is a zinc gluconate form and it contains 30 mg zinc for 70 days will be given to elderly group intervention. One day one of these pills after lunch meal is used together with a glass of water. In the control group: No action is taken. Sleep Quality. Timepoint: Before the intervention and 70 days after the intervention began. Method of measurement: PSQI standard questionnaire. Fatigue. Timepoint: Before the intervention and 70 days after the intervention began. Method of measurement: MFI standard questionnaire. Vice chancellor for research - Shahroud University of Medical Sciences Approved 2017-08-13 Ethics Committee of Shahroud University of Medical Sciences Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Hafte-Tir Square Shahroud Iran (Islamic Republic of)