Effect of Nutritional Counseling on Anthropometry and Biomarkers in Patients Diagnosed With Schizophrenia/Psychosis or Bipolar Affective Disorder

Sponsor
Vestre Viken Hospital Trust
Study ID
NCT06197048
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Nutritional counseling — BEHAVIORAL
    The intervention group will recieve 30 x 2 minutes with nutritonal counseling seperatet by a 15 minutes break. The participants will receive individually tailored guidance based on the information recieved at baseline measurments. The couseling will be based on the Norwegian goverments dietary advices and the recommendation from the Directorate of Health for the prevention of cardiovascular diseases.

Study Details

The goal of this clinical trial is to compare the effect of nutritional counseling versus no treatment in patients with schizophenia or bipolar affective disorder. The main question it aims to answer are: • Can nutritional counseling have a preventive effect on the development of cardiovascular disease in patients with schizophenia or bipolar affective disorder? Participants will meet a nutritionist at baseline to asess nutritional status, biochemical and anthropometric measurements. Then, half of the study population will receive nutritional counseling. After six weeks, the same baseline measurements will be repeated to examine any potential differences between the two groups. After the intervention, the control group will be offered the same counseling as the intervention group received during the study.

Key Dates

First listed
Jan 9, 2024
Start date
Sep 25, 2023
Status verified
Dec 2023
Primary completion
May 15, 2024
Completion
Dec 1, 2028

Study Design

Enrollment
40 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION

Primary Outcome Measure

Non-HDL cholesterol [ Time Frame: 6 weeks ]

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