ArticleBJPsych open2018
Evaluating the effect of Brainfood groups for people with mild cognitive impairment and mild dementia: preliminary mixed-methodology study.
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- Dietary Intake, Mediterranean and Nordic Diet Adherence in Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2025Pooled it
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- A psychosocial goal-setting and manualised support intervention for independence in dementia (NIDUS-Family) versus goal setting and routine care: a single-masked, phase 3, superiority, randomised controlled trial.The lancet. Healthy longevity · 2024Trial
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- Nutritional status, Mediterranean diet adherence, and quality of life in older adults with dementia: A cross-sectional study.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2026Article
- Comparison of the effects of mixed tempeh with soy tempeh on cognitive function in older people.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Co-designing complex interventions with people living with dementia and their supporters.Dementia (London, England) · 2022Article
- Social connectedness and dementia prevention: Pilot of the APPLE-Tree video-call intervention during the Covid-19 pandemic.Dementia (London, England) · 2021Article
- A mixed methods pilot randomised controlled trial to develop and evaluate the feasibility of a Mediterranean diet and lifestyle education intervention 'THINK-MED' among people with cognitive impairment.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2021Article
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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundBrainfood is a 5-week group intervention for people with mild cognitive impairment and mild dementia, promoting cognitive health through a Mediterranean-style diet, exercise, mindfulness and health self-management.
aimsTo evaluate Brainfood acceptability and the feasibility of conducting a randomised controlled trial; in a single group study in two National Health Service (NHS) memory services.
methodParticipants self-completed quantitative and semi-structured questionnaires. Recruitment, attendance and outcome completion were the primary outcomes.
resultsIn total, 30 of 59 people invited to Brainfood attended; of the 26 (87%) who completed baseline measures: 25 (96%) completed post-intervention quantitative measures, 16 (67%) qualitative questions and 21 (81%) attended ≥3/5 sessions. Compared with baseline, participants reported significantly higher quality of life, Mediterranean diet adherence and exercising more, up to 2 months after the groups. Participants valued the groups and felt enabled to improve their well-being.
conclusionsBrainfood was acceptable and feasible to implement in an NHS setting. DECLARATION OF INTEREST: A.B. and C.C. developed Brainfood - they hold a creative commons license for the manual and make it available to use for free to all. The manual evolves iteratively, but the manual used in this research study is provided in an online supplement.
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