Condition 1: Mood (depression). Condition 2: Anxiety. Condition 3: Quality of life. Mood [affective] disorders Organic anxiety disorder Lifestyle-related condition
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: In the control group: No action is taken. Intervention 2: In the intervention group: Zinc supplemented pill is a zinc gluconate form and it contains 30 mg zinc for 70 days will be give
Treatment - Drugs
Sponsors
Vice chancellor for research - Shahroud University of Medical Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
60 Years to 100 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 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 as well as the absence of known cases of depression and anxiety both of these are diagnosed by the 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.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.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria:
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Mood(depression). Timepoint: Before the intervention and 70 days after the intervention began. Method of measurement: GDS standard questionnaire.;Anxiety. Timepoint: Before the intervention and 70 days after the intervention began. Method of measurement: BAI standard questionnaire. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Quality of life. Timepoint: Before the intervention and 70 days after the intervention began. Method of measurement: SF-36 standard questionnaire. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public ContactAbolfazl Afzali
Shahroud University of Medical Sciences
Outcome results
None listed