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

NCT00896844 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2009-05-12

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Summary

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.

Conditions

  • Healthy

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

emotional disclosure

writing about emotional events from the past

BEHAVIORAL

placebo writing

writing about how they spent their time the previous day

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Birmingham

    collaborator OTHER

  • University Hospital Birmingham

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2001-09-30
Primary Completion
2004-05-31
Completion
2004-05-31

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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