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Effect of Prayer on Conditioned Pain Modulation and on Pain Intensity in Healthy Religious University Students

NCT04614272 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 208

Last updated 2021-09-05

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

With this study the investigators wish to examine the effect of prayer on pain intensity and on the conditioned pain modulation in healthy religious university students.

Conditions

  • Healthy Subjects

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Prayer

Prayer is a non-pharmaceutical method of pain management and a form of alternative medicine.

BEHAVIORAL

Reading a poem

Reading is a distraction tool for pain management

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Ghent

    collaborator OTHER

  • Antonine University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Mira Meeus, Phd · University Ghent

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SCREENING
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-11-01
Primary Completion
2021-02-01
Completion
2021-02-01

Countries

  • Lebanon

Study Locations

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