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Efficacy of Footbaths With Ginger Powder on Subjectively Perceived Quality of Sleep

NCT04210895 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 29

Last updated 2020-04-14

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

A randomized, controlled trial to explore whether warm footbaths with added ginger powder can improve the sleep quality of adults with self-perceived insomnia symptoms. Participants receive daily footbaths either with warm water alone or with added ginger powder over a period of 2 weeks.

Conditions

  • Nonorganic Insomnia

Interventions

OTHER

Ginger powder footbath

40 ± 2 ° C warm water footbath with an additive of dried ginger powder reaching up to mid-calf level

OTHER

Warm water only footbath

40 ± 2 ° C warm water footbath without any additive reaching up to mid-calf level

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • ARCIM Institute Academic Research in Complementary and Integrative Medicine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jan Vagedes, MD · ARCIM Institute

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-01-07
Primary Completion
2020-04-11
Completion
2020-04-11

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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