Condition 1: Sleep Quality. Condition 2: Fatigue. Sleep disorders Malaise and fatigue
Conditions
Interventions
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 pill
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 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.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria:
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 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. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public ContactAbolfazl Afzali
Shahroud University of Medical Sciences
Outcome results
None listed