Effects of Fasting on Self Efficacy

Universität Duisburg-Essen120 enrolled

Overview

The study aims to investigate * if a 7 day therapeutic fasting regimen will affect self-efficacy of patients with chronic diseases * the effects of fasting on physical and mental well-being, quality of life and body awareness/image * the association between patients characteristics and the perceived health benefit after fasting * the association between Diagnosis according to traditional Chinese medicine and physical and mental well-being during the course of fasting * experiences and perceptions of patients during fasting therapy

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Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

120

Conditions

Chronic Pain Fibromyalgia Rheumatoid Arthritis Gout Headache Arthritis Gastrointestinal Diseases Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Interventions

FastingBEHAVIORAL

Fasting therapy was adapted from Buchinger, including a fasting period of 7 days. After 2 prefasting days with 800kcal per day from vegetables and rice/potatoes, fasting starts with the ingestion of an oral laxative. During fasting patients receive small quantities of juice and herbal teas, and a vegetable broth for lunch, altogether no more than 350kcal per day. At the end, fasting is broken by an apple or cooked potato, and for the following 3 days nutrition returns to normocaloric diet.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * 18 years or older * eligible for fasting, i.e. normal weight (no anorexia, no nutritional deficiency, no BMI\<18 or \>35, no eating disorder) Exclusion Criteria: * psychiatric disorder * type 1 diabetes * hepatitis * severe somatic disorder (oncological disease, hepatological or nephrological) * pregnancy

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Self efficacy questionnaire

Self efficacy questionnaire (SWE) by Schwarzer and Jerusalem, 1999

Time frame: up to 6 months

Bodily self-efficacy

Bodily self-efficacy (Schützler and Witt, 2013)

Time frame: up to 6 months

Secondary Outcomes

Ability and will to change

Ability and will to change (Büssing, 2008)

Time frame: 2 weeks, 6 months

Easiness of life

Questionnaire on emotional and physical reactions

Time frame: 2 weeks, 6 months

Health-related quality of life

Short Form (36) Health Survey

Time frame: 2 weeks, 6 months

Body responsiveness

Body Responsiveness Scale (BRS)(Daubenmier 2005)

Time frame: 2 weeks, 6 months

Body awareness and dissociation

Scale of Body Connection (SBC) (Price and Thompson 2007)

Time frame: 2 weeks, 6 months

Body Awareness

Body Awareness Questionnaire (BAQ) (Shields 1989)

Time frame: 2 weeks, 6 months

Symptoms

MYMOP questionnaire (Paterson)

Time frame: 2 weeks, 6 months

Depression

Becks Depression Inventory (BDI)

Time frame: 2 weeks, 6 months

Safety

Any adverse effect during the study period

Time frame: 2 weeks

Effects of Fasting on Self Efficacy

Overview

Conditions

Interventions

Eligibility

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Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes