Outcome
Type |
Measure |
Description |
Time frame |
Safety issue |
Primary |
Vegetable oil usage |
the amount of oil used by individuals (ml) will be monitored |
6 months |
|
Secondary |
Overall cognition |
Assessed by Mini Addenbrookes Cognitive Examination (mACE) which has a high score of 30 with higher scores indicating better cognition. |
Six months |
|
Secondary |
Quality of life of adults with Mild cognitive impairment measured by ADCS-MCI-ADL (Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study Mild Cognitive Impairment- Activities of Daily Living) |
Quality of life of participants measured by ADCS-MCI-ADL (Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study Mild Cognitive Impairment- Activities of Daily Living) questionnaire, it has a score that rages from 0 to 53; higher score are linked to better quality of life. |
six months |
|
Secondary |
Dietary intake assessed by four day food records using Nutritics software |
Dietary energy and macronutrient (carbohydrate, fat and protein) intake assessed by four day food records using Nutritics software (https://www.nutritics.com/p/references). |
six months |
|
Secondary |
Blood samples (beta hydroxyl butyrate): |
ketone bodies concentrations (mmol) will be assessed by Abbott freestyle Optium Neo, ketone meter. |
six months |
|
Secondary |
Executive measure |
Assessed by trail making test B that has an average score of 75 seconds and a deficient score of > 273 seconds |
six months |
|
Secondary |
Verbal Memory |
Verbal memory will be assessed by word list test which is a subtest of the Wechsler Memory Scale III; the lower the test score the higher the cognitive impairment. |
six months |
|
Secondary |
Verbal Fluency |
Verbal Fluency test in which a score lower than 17 shows cognitive impairment (the higher the score the better the cognition) will be used to determine |
six months |
|
Secondary |
Processing Speed |
Digit symbol test in which lower test scores are correlated with higher impairment will be used to assess processing speed |
six months |
|
Secondary |
Attention |
Digit Span test will be used to assess attention, the lower the score the higher the impairment. |
six months |
|
Secondary |
Visual Spatial memory |
Supermarket task will be used to asses the visual spatial memory of participants, the score depends on the time required to complete the task. Extra time is related to higher cognitive impairment. |
six months |
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