NUTRIMIND: Nutrition-based Interventions to Prevent Cognitive Decline
Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Behavioral
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY
This study intends to evaluate the feasibility and the effectiveness of an innovative and integrated nutrition-based intervention addressing key modifiable risk factors for dementia while meeting participants' preferences for nutrition-related sessions. The intervention will include lifestyle group sessions regarding nutrition education and physical activity, individualized cognitive training at home, as well as clinical nutrition consultations.
Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 55
Maximum Age: 85
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• Aged from 55 to 85 years old;
• At least 4 years in the regular school system;
• Higher individual risk for dementia defined as a score ≥6 points on the Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Aging and Dementia Dementia Risk Score (CAIDE).
Locations
Other Locations
Portugal
Faculty of Nutrition and Food Sciences, University of Porto
RECRUITING
Porto
Instituto de Saúde Pública da Universidade do Porto
RECRUITING
Porto
Contact Information
Primary
Daniela de Sousa, Master
daniela.sousa@ispup.up.pt
+351222061820
Time Frame
Start Date: 2025-01-27
Estimated Completion Date: 2026-08
Participants
Target number of participants: 120
Treatments
Experimental: NUTRIMIND
The NUTRIMIND arm will be invited to receive a multidomain nutrition-based intervention to prevent cognitive decline, including lifestyle group sessions of nutrition education, daily activities to reduce physical inactivity, as well as individualized cognitive training and individualized clinical nutrition consultations. They will continue receiving the usual standard care in their healthcare unit.
No_intervention: Control
The control arm will receive a healthy recipe cookbook and will also be invited to attend free healthy cooking workshops after the data collection phase concludes. And will continue receiving the usual standard care in their healthcare unit.
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Sponsors
Leads: Instituto de Saude Publica da Universidade do Porto