The purpose of this study is to determine whether a daily use of a Kneipp hot cataplasm with caraway oil is effective in the treatment of abdominal pain and complaints caused by Irritable bowel syndrome.
see above.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
48
essential oil, Carum carvi, 2% dissolved in olive oil, 1 teaspoon with caraway oil used externally as inunction together with a hot cataplasm
1 teaspoon with caraway oil used externally as inunction together with a hot or cold cataplasm as assigned
Klinik für Naturheilkunde und Integrative Medizin
Essen, Germany
Irritable Bowel Syndrome - Symptom Severity Score
IBS-SSS (Francis 1997)
Time frame: at T2 (Day 21)
Frequency of abdominal discomfort/Pain
Diary, daily rating of pain
Time frame: last week of treatment (days 14-21)
Intensity of abdominal discomfort/Pain
Daily rating of pain intensity on a 100mm Visual analogue scale, pain diary
Time frame: last week of treatment (days 14-21)
Quality of life
measured with the EQ-5D
Time frame: T2 (Day 21)
Quality of life - ibs specific
measured with the IBS-QOL (Patrick, 1998)
Time frame: T2 (day 21)
Depression and Anxiety
HADS questionnaire (Hermann, 1995)
Time frame: T2 (day 21)
Global improvement
Question on global improvement: How have your symptomes changed compared to the last week: from much worse to much better on a 7-point scale
Time frame: At day 7, 14 and 21
h-BD2
h-BD2 laboratory findings
Time frame: T2 (day 21)
Adequate Relief Score
Adequate Relief Score (Mangel, 1998)
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Time frame: at day 7, 14, 21