Omega-3 supplementation and loneliness-related memory problems: secondary analyses of a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Loneliness enhances risk for episodic memory declines over time. Omega-3 supplementation can improve cognitive function for people experiencing mild cognitive difficulties. Accordingly, we explored whether omega-3 supplementation would attenuate loneliness-related episodic memory problems.

Methods

Participants (n = 138) from a parent randomized controlled trial were randomized to the placebo, 1.25 grams/d of omega-3, or 2.50 grams/d of omega-3 conditions for a 4-month period. They completed a baseline loneliness questionnaire and a battery of cognitive tests both at baseline and at the end of the randomized controlled trial.

Results

After adjustment for baseline verbal episodic memory scores, lonelier people within the placebo condition had poorer verbal epi

SUBMITTER: Jaremka LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4288961 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature