The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of EPA- and DHA-enriched omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid dietary supplements on a number of objective sleep measures (collected from Activity watches) and subjective sleep measures (collected from the Leeds Sleep Evaluation Questionnaire) before and after 26 weeks of supplementation
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
TRIPLE
Enrollment
90
6 months omega 3 supplementation
6 months omega 3 supplementation
6 months placebo supplementation
Northumbria University
Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
Objective sleep efficiency
Sleep efficiency scores collected from research sleep watches
Time frame: 26 weeks
Urinary melatonin
analysis of urine samples for objective measures of Melatonin
Time frame: 26 weeks
Subjective Ratings of Sleep quality
Subjective sleep ratings collected from the leeds sleep evaluation questionnaire
Time frame: 26 weeks
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