This feasibility study will explore whether adding an extra 10 grams of fibre to participants' daily diet for two weeks would improve their mental health and wellbeing.
The current pre-post single-arm feasibility trial will investigate whether increasing daily fibre intake by 10 grams for two weeks enhance depression, anxiety, stress, sleep quality, gut health, and optimism in 18-40 year-old young adults. Participants will be provided a list of high fibre food items. Outcome measures will be acquired before and after 2-weeks . These will include cognitive measures of measures of depression, anxiety, and stress symptomatology; sleep; gastrointestinal symptomatology; optimism.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
40
Increasing daily fibre intake by 10 grams
University of Reading, School of Psychology and Clinical Languages
Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom
Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7 scale scores
A validated self-report measure of anxiety
Time frame: From baseline (pre intervention) to week 2 (post intervention)
Patient Health Questionaire-8 scores
A validated self-report measure of depression
Time frame: From baseline (pre intervention) to week 2 (post intervention)
Perceived Stress Scale scores
A validated self-report measure of stress
Time frame: From baseline (pre intervention) to week 2 (post intervention)
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index scores
A validated self-report measure of sleep quality
Time frame: From baseline (pre intervention) to week 2 (post intervention)
Gastrointestinal Symptom Rating Scale Scores
A validated self-report measure of gastrointestinal symptoms that includes 15-items (combined into five symptom clusters depicting Reflux, Abdominal pain, Indigestion, Diarrhoea and Constipation)
Time frame: From baseline (pre intervention) to week 2 (post intervention)
Revised Life Orientation Test Scores
A validated self-report measure of one's dispositional level of optimism
Time frame: From baseline (pre intervention) to week 2 (post intervention)
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