Effects of G.H.3. On mental symptoms and health-related quality of life among older adults: results of a three-month follow-Up study in Shanghai, China

Nutrition Journal

Research

Tian Zhou¹  Jianyu Rao²  Mina Shariff³  Tuong Nguyen³  Pingping Gu³  Zhaochun Cao⁴  Gang Xu⁵  Rong Shi⁵ 

[1]Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China

[2]Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, in UCLA Medical Center, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

[3]Department of Research, DRM Resources, 1683, Sunflower Avenue, 92626, Costa Mesa, CA, USA

[4]Jiaxing Community Health Service Center, Shanghai, Hongkou District, China

[5]School of Public Health, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China

关键词: G.H.3;    Mental Symptoms;    Health-Related Quality of Life;    Older Adults;    Low Mood;    Anxiety;    Double-blinded;    SDS;    SAS;    SF-36;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12937-016-0133-5

 received in 2015-03-27, accepted in 2016-01-22,  发布年份 2016

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

ObjectiveTo explore the effects of daily use of Gerovital H3 (G.H.3.) tablets on relieving mental symptoms and improving health-related quality of life among Chinese older adults population.MethodsIn a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blinded study, totally 100 eligible participants were randomly allocated into the G.H.3. group or the placebo group, administered either G.H.3. or placebo tablets and were followed up for three months. All of the participants were required to report their subjective feelings about quality of life, low mood, and anxiety by filling out Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS), Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) and a 36-item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36 scale). Physicians were responsible for evaluating the related mental health indications through physical examinations at the baseline and at the end of the intervention period.ResultsParticipants were men and women between 50 and 89 years of age, with a median of 62.53 years. Before the intervention, the demographic characteristics and the baseline SF-36 scores, low mood, and anxiety statuses were comparable (p > 0.05). After the 12-week intervention, the scores of role-physical (RP), bodily pain (BP), general health (GH), vitality (VT), mental health (MH) and health transition (HT), mental composite score (MCS) of the G.H.3. group were higher than the placebo group (p < 0.05), There were no significant differences in other domains in SF-36 and PCS between the two groups(p > 0.05), the scores of SDS and SAS in the G.H.3. group were both lower than the placebo group(p < 0.01), the prevalence rates of low moods in the G.H.3. group and the placebo group were 20.8 % and 34.0 % respectively, no significant difference was found (χ2 =2.127,p = 0.145), while the prevalence rate of clinical anxiety concerns in the G.H.3. group was 2.1 %, which was significantly lower than the placebo group, 22.0 % (χ2 =9.040,p < 0.001).ConclusionsPreliminarily use of G.H.3. shows positive effects in supporting mental health and improving general health and well-being while promoting the recovery of cognitive function among older adults. Most of SF-36 domains including PF, RP, BP, GH, VT, RE, MH, and HT, as well as the overall quality of life in MCS might benefit from taking G.H.3. tablets. Average levels of low moods and anxiety concerns were both reduced and the prevalence rate of clinical anxiety concerns were reduced.

【 授权许可】

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