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The Effect of Tea Breaks on Cerebrovascular Perfusion During Desk Work

6. august 2019 oppdatert av: Unilever R&D
Sedentary behaviour of healthy subjects may have a detrimental impact on cerebral blood flow as well as cognitive measures related to mood and alertness. In this study we focus on the impact of leaving the desk to consume a cup of tea at regular intervals during a sedentary working day.

Studieoversikt

Status

Fullført

Intervensjon / Behandling

Detaljert beskrivelse

Prolonged desk work has detrimental impact on cerebral blood flow as well as cognitive measures related to mood and alertness caused. These effects might be prevented by taking short breaks with physical activity. Usually, desk workers have short breaks during office times for either a visit to the restroom or to enjoy for a moment a (hot) drink. Consumption of tea has been associated with benefits related to attention, alertness, mood and creativity. This study focuses on the impact of physically leaving the desk to prepare and consume a cup of tea at regular intervals during a sedentary working day.

Studietype

Intervensjonell

Registrering (Faktiske)

20

Fase

  • Ikke aktuelt

Kontakter og plasseringer

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Studiesteder

Deltakelseskriterier

Forskere ser etter personer som passer til en bestemt beskrivelse, kalt kvalifikasjonskriterier. Noen eksempler på disse kriteriene er en persons generelle helsetilstand eller tidligere behandlinger.

Kvalifikasjonskriterier

Alder som er kvalifisert for studier

18 år til 60 år (Voksen)

Tar imot friske frivillige

Nei

Kjønn som er kvalifisert for studier

Alle

Beskrivelse

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Healthy males and females, age at screening > 18 and < 60 years;
  • BMI > 18 and < 30 kg/m2
  • Apparently healthy
  • Agreeing to be informed about medically relevant personal test-results by a physician
  • Informed consent signed
  • Sedentary working individuals (≥6 hours desk work per day, ≥4 days per week)

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Reported physical exercise ≥4 hours per week
  • Taking medication (including food supplements and traditional medicines) which may interfere with study measurements, as judged by the PI
  • Reported participation in another nutritional or biomedical trial (involving an intervention of at least 1 week) 3 months before the screening or during the study
  • Reported participation in night shift work 2 weeks prior to screening or during the study. Night work is defined as working between midnight and 6.00 a.m.
  • Reported consumption of > 14 units (female subjects) and > 21 units (male subjects) alcoholic drinks in a typical week.
  • Reported use of any nicotine containing products in the 6 months preceding the study and during the study itself.
  • If female, is pregnant (or has been pregnant during the last < 3 months ago) or will be planning pregnancy during the study period.
  • If female, is lactating or has been lactating in the 6 weeks before screening and/or during the study period.
  • Reported weight loss/gain (> 10%) in the last 6 months before the study.
  • Being an employee of Unilever or an employee or a student working in RISES LJMU that is directly involved in this study.

Studieplan

Denne delen gir detaljer om studieplanen, inkludert hvordan studien er utformet og hva studien måler.

Hvordan er studiet utformet?

Designdetaljer

  • Primært formål: Annen
  • Tildeling: Randomisert
  • Intervensjonsmodell: Crossover-oppdrag
  • Masking: Enkelt

Våpen og intervensjoner

Deltakergruppe / Arm
Intervensjon / Behandling
Eksperimentell: Tea-water
Tea before water
Subjects walk to a nearby area and prepare a cup of 150 ml tea once every hour. The tea is consumed whilst being seated at their desks.
150 ml water is served to subjects once every hour. The water is consumed whilst being seated at their desks.
Eksperimentell: Water-tea
Water before tea
Subjects walk to a nearby area and prepare a cup of 150 ml tea once every hour. The tea is consumed whilst being seated at their desks.
150 ml water is served to subjects once every hour. The water is consumed whilst being seated at their desks.

Hva måler studien?

Primære resultatmål

Resultatmål
Tiltaksbeskrivelse
Tidsramme
Difference in cerebrovascular perfusion of tea versus water
Tidsramme: Immediately before and immediately after each of the two 6-hour interventions. The 'before' results will be added to the mixed model as a covariate.
Cerebrovascular perfusion measured as middle cerebral artery velocity
Immediately before and immediately after each of the two 6-hour interventions. The 'before' results will be added to the mixed model as a covariate.

Sekundære resultatmål

Resultatmål
Tiltaksbeskrivelse
Tidsramme
Difference in cerebrovascular auto-regulation gain of tea versus water
Tidsramme: Immediately before and immediately after each of the two 6-hour interventions. The 'before' results will be added to the mixed model as a covariate.

Dynamic cerebrovascular autoregulation is assessed via squat-stand manoeuvres performed to elicit oscillations in blood pressure within the high-pass filter frequency range (<0.20 Hz) of the cerebrovascular. Squat-stand cycles are performed at 0.2 Hz (2.5-seconds squatting, followed by 2.5-seconds standing) and at 0.1 Hz (5-seconds squatting, followed by 5-seconds standing) for 5-minutes each, separated by a 5-minute rest.

Transfer function analysis is conducted on the beat-to-beat blood pressure and middle cerebral artery blood flow velocity mean signals to produce values of gain (damping effect of Cerebrovascular autoregulation on the magnitude of blood pressure oscillations).

Immediately before and immediately after each of the two 6-hour interventions. The 'before' results will be added to the mixed model as a covariate.
Difference in cerebrovascular auto-regulation phase of tea versus water
Tidsramme: Immediately before and immediately after each of the two 6-hour interventions. The 'before' results will be added to the mixed model as a covariate.

Dynamic cerebrovascular autoregulation is assessed via squat-stand manoeuvres performed to elicit oscillations in blood pressure within the high-pass filter frequency range (<0.20 Hz) of the cerebrovascular. Squat-stand cycles are performed at 0.2 Hz (2.5-seconds squatting, followed by 2.5-seconds standing) and at 0.1 Hz (5-seconds squatting, followed by 5-seconds standing) for 5-minutes each, separated by a 5-minute rest.

Transfer function analysis is conducted on the beat-to-beat blood pressure and middle cerebral artery blood flow velocity mean signals to produce values of phase (temporal relationship between changes in blood pressure and middle cerebral artery blood flow velocity).

Immediately before and immediately after each of the two 6-hour interventions. The 'before' results will be added to the mixed model as a covariate.
Difference in cerebrovascular auto-regulation coherence of tea versus water
Tidsramme: Immediately before and immediately after each of the two 6-hour interventions. The 'before' results will be added to the mixed model as a covariate.

Dynamic cerebrovascular auto-regulation is assessed via squat-stand manoeuvres performed to elicit oscillations in blood pressure within the high-pass filter frequency range (<0.20 Hz) of the cerebrovascular. Squat-stand cycles are performed at 0.2 Hz (2.5-seconds squatting, followed by 2.5-seconds standing) and at 0.1 Hz (5-seconds squatting, followed by 5-seconds standing) for 5-minutes each, separated by a 5-minute rest.

Transfer function analysis is conducted on the beat-to-beat blood pressure and middle cerebral artery blood flow velocity mean signals to produce values of coherence (linearity of the relationship between the changes in middle cerebral artery blood flow velocity and blood pressure).

Immediately before and immediately after each of the two 6-hour interventions. The 'before' results will be added to the mixed model as a covariate.

Andre resultatmål

Resultatmål
Tiltaksbeskrivelse
Tidsramme
Difference in PANAS of tea versus water
Tidsramme: Immediately before and immediately after each of the two 6-hour interventions. The 'before' results will be added to the mixed model as a covariate.
Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) questionnaire consisting of a list of ten positive and ten negative feelings and emotions. Participants rate the extent to which they are feeling each emotion, on a scale from 1 (very slightly or not at all) to 5 (extremely).
Immediately before and immediately after each of the two 6-hour interventions. The 'before' results will be added to the mixed model as a covariate.
Difference in Bond-Lader of tea versus water
Tidsramme: Immediately before and immediately after each of the two 6-hour interventions. The 'before' results will be added to the mixed model as a covariate.
Bond-Lader questionnaire: 16 adjective pairs with a 100mm line in between. Three sub-scales will be calculated: Alertness, Contentedness and Calmness.
Immediately before and immediately after each of the two 6-hour interventions. The 'before' results will be added to the mixed model as a covariate.
Difference in affect of tea versus water
Tidsramme: Before (0) and at 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 hours during tea and water interventions. Both dimensions will be tested in a repeated measures linear mixed model. The treatment effect is the difference in the least square means of tea versus water.
Affect grid. Two dimensional grid of 19x19 cells scoring pleasure and arousal
Before (0) and at 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 hours during tea and water interventions. Both dimensions will be tested in a repeated measures linear mixed model. The treatment effect is the difference in the least square means of tea versus water.

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Etterforskere

  • Hovedetterforsker: Dick Thijssen, prof, Liverpool John Moores University

Studierekorddatoer

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Studer hoveddatoer

Studiestart (Faktiske)

30. april 2019

Primær fullføring (Faktiske)

24. juni 2019

Studiet fullført (Faktiske)

15. juli 2019

Datoer for studieregistrering

Først innsendt

24. april 2019

Først innsendt som oppfylte QC-kriteriene

14. mai 2019

Først lagt ut (Faktiske)

16. mai 2019

Oppdateringer av studieposter

Sist oppdatering lagt ut (Faktiske)

7. august 2019

Siste oppdatering sendt inn som oppfylte QC-kriteriene

6. august 2019

Sist bekreftet

1. august 2019

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Begreper knyttet til denne studien

Andre studie-ID-numre

  • REF-BEV-3235

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