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NCT Number: NCT03114189

Kneipp Water Applications for Insomnia

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

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Key information

Conditions

Sleep Disturbance Mental Disorders Nervous System Diseases Parasomnias Sleep Wake Disorders

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

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

Essen, Germany

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

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

Treatment and study plan

footbath

Procedure

care of sleep

Behavioral

Primary outcomes

  1. Change of sleep quality

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

    Use Pittsburgh sleep quality index

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Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Universität Duisburg-Essen

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Registry information

Official study title

Effects of Ascending Warm Footbaths on Sleep Disturbances in Women Before Climacteric

Acronym: KWAI

Important dates

Study start
2016
Primary completion
2018
Study completion
2018
First posted
Apr 14, 2017
Registry last updated
Oct 6, 2021

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