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Record W4414151805 · doi:10.62019/3xrbas13

<b>EFFECT OF OMEGA-3 SUPPLEMENTATION ON COGNITIVE FUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH EARLY-STAGE ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE: A NOVEL RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL</b>

2025· article· en· W4414151805 on OpenAlex

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Bibliographic record

VenueJournal of medical & health sciences review. · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
TopicMedicinal Plants and Bioactive Compounds
Canadian institutionsnot available
Fundersnot available
KeywordsPlaceboCognitionMoodEffects of sleep deprivation on cognitive performanceMontreal Cognitive AssessmentGeriatric Depression ScaleRandomized controlled trialDepression (economics)

Abstract

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A progressive neurodegenerative condition connected with cognitive decline, Alzheimer's disease (AD) is also known as Alzheimer's disease. Although omega3 fatty acids have been proposed to have neuroprotective effects, their influence on early-stage AD remains underinvestigated. The impact of daily omega-3 supplementation on cognitive performance in adults with early-stage AD is assessed in this research. 45 individuals between the ages of 55 and 75, drawn from memory clinics and neurology departments using stratified random sampling, participated in a randomized controlled experiment. For six months, participants were randomly allocated to either a placebo group (n=22) or an omega3 supplementation group (n=23). At baseline and after intervention, cognitive performance was evaluated using the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) and the Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale-Cognitive Subscale (ADASCog). Mood and daily activities Were assessed with the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) and Activities of Daily Living (ADL) scale. Mean MoCA score following treatment was 24.1 ± 2.2 in the omega3 group compared to 23.0 ± 2.4 in the placebo group (p=0.04). The ADASCog scores fell by 2.0 ± 0.7 points p=0.03 for the omega3 group versus 0.9 ± 0.8 points in the placebo group. Enhancements in GDS and ADL scores were seen in the supplementation group, However, differences were not statistically significant (p>0.05). Omega3 supplementation for six months showed a slight but statistically significant improvement in cognitive function in patients with early-stage Alzheimer's disease. These results show that omega-3 fatty acids might be a safe and supporting supplementary treatment to preserve cognitive function in early AD, therefore call for additional large-scale research.

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Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.010
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.003
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Randomized trial · Consensus signal: Randomized trial
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.038
Threshold uncertainty score0.350

Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0100.003
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0010.000
Bibliometrics0.0000.000
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0000.000

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Opus teacher head0.015
GPT teacher head0.355
Teacher spread0.340 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it