Effects of Jing Si Herbal Tea on Quality of Life and Sleep in Dementia and Their Caregivers

Summary

Jing Si Herbal Tea has been found to be effective in improving health for the conditions of cancers, aging, depression, and sleep. Such evidence has been shown in animal models and clinical research with publications in the international journals. However, empirical evidence regarding the effectiveness of Jing Si Herbal Tea for patients with dementia and their caregivers on their quality of life and psychosocial health remains unclear. Therefore, the present project aims to investigate the feasibility of taking Jing Si Herbal Tea among patients with dementia; then, to investigate if Jing Si Herbal Tea could improve quality of life and psychosocial health for patients with dementia and their caregivers. The project will be three years. The first year will examine the feasibility for the patients with dementia. A total of 100 patients with dementia will be recruited and they will be informed to take the Jing Si Herbal Tea two times per day (one time in the morning and another time in the afternoon). All the participants will be measured for their quality of life and psychosocial health at baseline, three months after baseline, and six months after baseline, to have initial evidence of the improvements in quality of life and psychosocial health without having a control group. The second year will recruit 200 patients with dementia and randomly assign them into a treatment group (taking Jing Si Herbal Tea) and a control group (taking placebo). All the participants will be measured for their quality of life and psychosocial health at baseline, three months after baseline, and six months after baseline, to investigate the strong evidence of Jing Si Herbal Tea on quality of life and psychosocial health. The third year will recruit 200 caregivers of patient with dementia and randomly assign them into a treatment group (taking Jing Si Herbal Tea) and a control group (taking placebo). All the participants will be measured for their quality of life and psychosocial health at baseline, three months after baseline, and six months after baseline, to investigate the strong evidence of Jing Si Herbal Tea on quality of life and psychosocial health.

Conditions

• Dementia
• Caregiver Burden
• Quality of Life

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Jing Si Herbal Tea

Consuming Jing Si Herbal Tea for three months; twice per day with each time 14 g of Jing Si Herbal in 600 ml water

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• Tzu Chi University

  collaborator OTHER

• E-DA Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• National Cheng Kung University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Hao-Ming Li, MD · Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital

Study Design

Allocation

NA

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age

20 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2025-01-17

Primary Completion

2026-12-31

Completion

2026-12-31

Countries

• Taiwan

Study Locations