Tailored Mediterranean lifestyle education in MCI patients
Research type
Research Study
Full title
The development and pilot testing of tailored Mediterranean lifestyle education to encourage behaviour change in patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment
IRAS ID
206914
Contact name
Jayne Woodside
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Queen's University Belfast
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 6 months, days
Research summary
Evidence suggests that a Mediterranean diet can have a beneficial effect on brain health. Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) describes problems with brain function such as difficulty with day-to-day memory and concentration. It is at this stage that Mediterranean diet could prove beneficial in terms of prevention.
Previous research by Queens University investigated the opinions of patients with MCI and their care givers to inform the development of Mediterranean diet education material to encourage behaviour change. The study suggested that MCI patients lacked awareness of the link between Mediterranean diet and brain function, although were interested to learn more. Feedback on the developed educational material was positive although there were suggested improvements such as tailoring information to memory loss, a potential staged approach to delivery and adaptation's to the material content.
This present study aims to further develop the educational material based on this feedback and evidence from surrounding literature, exploring further the behavioural change techniques specific to this target group through structured interviews. Once this further development has been completed and evaluated, the educational material will be pilot tested amongst MCI participants.
REC name
HSC REC A
REC reference
16/NI/0105
Date of REC Opinion
27 Jun 2016
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion