Kneipp Water Applications for Insomnia

Universität Duisburg-Essen52 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to ascertain whether warm footbathes are effective on sleep disturbances in women before climacteric.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Sleep Disturbance

Interventions

footbathPROCEDURE

care of sleepBEHAVIORAL

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Minimum age: 18 years * Regularly recurring sleeping disease (not less then 2 times a week for minimum 3 month) Exclusion Criteria: * secundary sleeping disease * Mental diseases which require therapy * Medication: benzodiazepine,Z-drugs, barbiturat, antihistaminika, melatonin * Severe comorbidity * Gravidity * Shift work * Voyages (\>3 times during the study) * regulary application of Kneipp * Participation on other studies to therapy sleeping diseases or stress

Locations (1)

• Department of Internal and Integrative Medicine, Kliniken Essen-Mitte, Faculty of Medicine, University of Duisburg-Essen

Essen, Germany

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Change of sleep quality

Use Pittsburgh sleep quality index

Time frame: T1: At the beginning of intervention, T2: After 4 weeks of intervention, T3: 12 weeks after randomization

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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