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Feasibility and Effects of Taking Cold Showers: A Randomized Controlled Study

NCT04130126 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 350

Last updated 2024-05-08

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Summary

Considering the beneficial individual and environmental effects, investigators set out to replicate the recent study on the effects of taking cold showers on sickness absence, illness days and subjective well-being and to assess both the acceptability of taking cold showers as well as its effects on sickness absence and illness days as well as well-being, sleep quality, skin and hair appearance for a period of 3 months in a population of healthy and volunteering participants.

Conditions

  • Sick Leave

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Taking cold showers

Showering behaviour

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jens Gaab, Prof. Dr. · Faculty for Psychology at the University of Basel

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-10-26
Primary Completion
2023-03-17
Completion
2023-12-31

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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