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Feasibility and Effects of a Blended Baduanjin Exercise and Green Tea Consumption Program on Depressive Symptoms, Gut Microbiota and Quality of Life in Older Adults

RecruitingNAAges 65 Years - 84 YearsAllHong Kong Baptist University
NCT07687940 on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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What the trial is, and whether it could suit you

Depression is a common mental health issue in older adults, often manifesting as insomnia, low mood, vague somatic complaints, cognitive decline, and recurrent thoughts of death or suicide. Even subthreshold depressive symptoms in late life significantly impair quality of life. In Hong Kong, recent data show high prevalence of depressive symptoms among community-dwelling older adults (43.7% in men, 54.8% in women), underscoring the urgent public health and economic need for effective interventions. Although the previous evidence has shown that BDJ and GT consumption can improve depressive symptoms, gut microbiota, and QoL respectively, the feasibility and effect of the combination of two intervention approaches in older adults remain unclear. Therefore, the proposed study aims to (1) determine the feasibility of a 12-week blended BDJ and GT consumption program among Hong Kong community-

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📋 Eligibility rules (as published)
Inclusion Criteria: 1. community-dwelling older adults aged 65 to 84 years, who are youngest-old and middle-old with relatively stable health status compared with oldest-old aged 85 years and above 2. Scoring 5-15 using the Chinese version of Geriatric Depression Scale. 3. Access the smartphone and internet through which the Hospital Authority (HA) HA Go mobile app. 4. Pass the PAR-Q screening and no contraindications for physical exercise. 5. No history of smoking. Exclusion Criteria: 1. suffer from cognitive impairment identified by the Chinese version of the Mini-Mental Status Examination (i.e., score \< 24). 2. regularly consume tea or coffee (≥3 times/day, last for ≥6 months) as these habitual behaviors can contaminate the effects of tea consumption intervention per se. 3. Individuals with contraindications for tea consumption, such as insomnia, anemia, neurasthenia, hyperthyroidism, digestive ulcers, etc. 4. The concurrent use of sedative and tranquilizer medications, such as benzodiazepines and barbiturates. 5. take warfarin; 6. Participants are attending other health projects related to physical exercise and diet.
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What it tests

  • blended Baduanjin and Green Tea consumption program
  • Non-treatment control
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Where

1 site
Bliss District Elderly Community Centre
Kwun Tong, Hong Kong
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