A Trial on the Effect of Emotional Disclosure of Traumatic Life Events on Physical Health

University Hospital Birmingham100 enrolled

Overview

This is a randomized, controlled trial on the effect of emotional disclosure of traumatic life events on physical health. The hypothesis is that expression of emotions could possibly improve physical health.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

100

Conditions

Healthy

Interventions

emotional disclosureBEHAVIORAL

writing about emotional events from the past

placebo writingBEHAVIORAL

writing about how they spent their time the previous day

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * healthy Exclusion Criteria: * any mental or physical illnesses in the last three months

Locations (1)

University of Birmingham

Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

health centre visits

Time frame: within 3 months

Secondary Outcomes

respiratory infections

Time frame: within 3 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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