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Conditions
Brief summary
Mental health issues are common among undergraduate and postgraduate university students. University students have a high percentage of mental distress and a significant number of mental health disorders, which can impair college turnover and academic achievement, as well as students' emotional and behavioral abilities and social lives (Eleftheriades, R. et al. 2020). Wellness nutrition includes making appropriate dietary choices, learning what important nutrients the body requires, and understanding how to obtain those nutrients from everyday food sources. Carbohydrates, proteins, lipids (fats), Vitamins, minerals, and water are examples of nutritional components. These nutrients supply energy and regulate biological processes, help in tissue growth and repair, and boost mental health and well-being (Grodner, Escott-Stump, & Dorner, 2016). Diet is thus a preventable risk factor for depression that might benefit from early intervention. While there is compelling observational evidence linking food quality and depression, evidence suggesting a causal association is still developing, particularly in young adults. (Francis, H.M., et al., 2019). The connection between nutrition and mental health is increasingly permeating our daily lives, whether the goal is to improve mood, enhance cognitive function, prevent decline, or even provide beneficial effects in certain brain diseases such as depression, anxiety, stress, wellbeing, and self-esteem. The literature exhibit on the relationship between diet and depression shows the value of bringing nutrition instruction into the therapy room. Nutrition can also aid in the prevention and alleviation of psychological suffering. The study will be carried out under the Helsinki Declaration, with each participant providing written informed consent. The participants will be recruited through DASS-21, WEMWBS, and Rosenberg's self-esteem scale. The study will be carried out in the Center for Counseling and Social Wellbeing (UOH-CCSW) at the University of Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The anticipated outcomes of this study are to find out the prevalence of Depression, anxiety, and stress in university students. Moreover, to assess the relationship between nutrition and restoring mental health The group psychoeducation on healthy dietary behavior intervention is novel research that may reduce depression, anxiety, and stress and is a cost-effective intervention. Dietary group psycho-education intervention may also improve wellbeing and self-esteem.
Interventions
The content of the sessions has been designed specifically for this study and prepared by Dr. Muhammad Rizwan, Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology The University of Haripur. He will be the resource person for all the sessions. Additionally, the nutritional session will be delivered following Pakistan Dietary Guidelines for Better Nutrition for Adults by Nutritional Expert Dr. Ijaz ul Haq, Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Health & Nutrition, The University of Haripur, as a r
The content of the sessions has been designed specifically for this study and prepared by Dr. Muhammad Rizwan, Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology The University of Haripur. He will be the resource person for all the sessions. Additionally, the nutritional session will be delivered following Pakistan Dietary Guidelines for Better Nutrition for Adults by Nutritional Expert Dr. Ijaz ul Haq, Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Health & Nutrition, The University of Haripur, as a resource person. Both sessions will be in interactive mode, and the frequency will be two sessions per week. To check the adherence of sessions, session attendance checklists will be incorporated into the study, whereas, to ensure compliance of interventions by participants, a questionnaire will be developed and validated by relevant experts. It is important to note that we are not employing any particular meal plan but are counseling participants according to guidelines and will assess their adherence and compliance and how much they will benefit from it in terms of alleviation of psychological distress. In this study, participants for intervention will be divided by the non-randomization method (participant’s choice). The intervention will be based on six face-to-face sessions at the University of Haripur Center for Counseling and Social Wellbeing (UOH-CCSW) The University of Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Each session will consist of 90 minutes. Session 1 will tell us about the importance of nutrition and provide a diet plan through an expert dietitian and well-being; Session 2 will tell us about stress and well-being; Session 3 includes self-esteem and well-being; Session 4 will tell us about anxiety and well-being; Session 5 will tell us about depression and well-being; and Session 6 will be general feedback and reassessment.
Sponsors
Shahbaz Ahmad Zakki
Study design
Allocation
Non-randomised trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Educational / counselling / training
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 35 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Participants were eligible if they were aged 18–35 years, both male and female participants from university students for the interventional study Students had a score of greater than 7 on the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale-21 Depression subscale (DASS-21), The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being scale (WEMWBS), and Rosenberg self-esteem scale participants whose scores are in the moderate level.
Exclusion criteria
Participants were ineligible if they were pregnant women, had a physical disability, drug addiction, currently dieting, had a history of eating disorders or metabolic disease(s), history of psychological illness other than depression or anxiety, medical condition that could be adversely affected by diet change or sickness in the past week
Outcome results
None listed