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Filter by:Probiotics are "live microorganisms which when administered in adequate amounts confer a health benefit on the host". Accumulating evidence indicates their effect in mental health restoration. Beneficial neuropsychological and psychobiological effects are particularly well substantiated in clinical samples. However, it is not clearly documented whether probiotic supplementation reduces depressive and anxiety symptoms in healthy volunteers experiencing temporal deterioration in mental functioning while facing a stressful event. The combination of Lactobacillus helveticus R0052 and Bifidobacterium longum R0175 is particularly well studied in terms of its central nervous system action with significantly deciphered mechanism. As a result, this combination is particularly promising to study the effect of mental health improvement in healthy volunteers facing a stressful event. The aim of this project is to assess the impact of a 8-week supplementation with probiotic combination of Lactobacillus helveticus R0052 and Bifidobacterium longum R0175 strains in the daily dose of 3 × 10^9 colony forming units on mental health measures and oral microbiota composition and metabolome in healthy young adults facing a psychologically stressful event. The aim will be achieved by comparing the probiotic combination supplement to placebo in a randomized triple-blind controlled trial settings with a participant allocation ratio of 1:1. The summer academic examination session and the upcoming first take of the final exam in pharmacology at third year of medical studies will be a model of a stressful event. The participants will supplement their diets with probiotic/placebo for 8 weeks before the exam. After giving written informed consent, before the supplementation (relatively stress-free time period in terms of academic activities) the participants will provide background sociodemographic, anthropometric and psychometric data. At that time, participants will also give samples of saliva to assess cortisol and selected cytokines concentrations as well as salivary microbiome and metabolome. At the end of supplementation, a day before the final exam, participants will donate salivary samples and do psychometric tests for the second time to assess the same parameters as at the beginning of the study. Participants will also do a pre-exam test in pharmacology (not considered a formal academic assessment) as a comparator for the results of the formal examination held a day after.
School stress and performance requirements have been shown to contribute to mental illness among children and young people. Student health teams have an important role regarding mental health of children and young people. Swedish student health teams include various health and pedagogical professionals, but physiotherapists are uncommon, despite the good effects school-related physical activity interventions have had on reducing anxiety and improving well-being in children and young people. Haga School, Dals-Ed has now employed physiotherapists as part of the student health team to support students in learning to define, reduce and manage stress. The purpose of the research project is to investigate changes in perceived stress level and stress-related symptoms, as well as study results and absence from school during two years for students in grades 4 to 9 at Haga School. A questionnaire will be sent out on four occasions over two years. Group level statistics on study results and school absence will be compared with years previous to the introduction of the school physiotherapist. The research contributes to increased knowledge about effects of having a physiotherapist as part of a student health team in Sweden.