Dietary Plant Hormone and Mental Health

University of Bern

Status: Completed

Conditions: Depression, Anxiety; Dietary Behavior; Sleep; Stress

Treatments: Other: Anonymous online survey on dietary habits and mental health

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05276479

ABA2022

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this cross-sectional online study is to investigate the association between regular feeding behavior and stress, sleep as well as anxiety and depressive symptoms in healthy subjects.

Full description

The gut-microbiota-brain (GMB) axis has a multidirectional communication between the intestine, the microbiota, and the central nervous system (CNS). Over the past decade, there has been extensive research showing that the GMB axis has a profound influence not only on neurological disorders but also on neural development, activation of the neuroendocrine axis and neurotransmission, as well as modulation of complex human behaviors. Thus, the GBM-axis is involved in the regulation of stress, emotions, behaviour, and higher cognitive functions. As the GMB plays an essential role in human psychological functioning and mental health, the dietary manipulation of the microbiome may have direct effects on mental well-being, sleep, anxiety and depressive symptoms.

Enrollment: 538 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 30 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age 18 to 30

Exclusion criteria

• None

Trial design

538 participants in 1 patient group

Healthy subjects

Description:

Healthy subjects aged 18-30 years

Treatment:

Other: Anonymous online survey on dietary habits and mental health