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Title

Treatment Trial of Thermoregulatory Disturbances in Adolescent Anorexia Nervosa Patients With Either Ginger Powder Footbaths or Warm Water Footbaths
Efficacy of Foot Baths With and Without Ginger Powder Additive on the Subjective Feeling of Warmth and on Body Core Temperature of Adolescents With Anorexia Nervosa - a Randomized, Controlled Pilot Study

  • Phase

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Interventional

  • Status

    Completed No Results Posted

  • Study Participants

    24
A study to explore whether warm water footbaths with added ginger powder can improve thermoregulatory processes in adolescent anorexia nervosa patients and provide them with an increase in subjective feeling of warmth. The participants will receive a warm footbath four times a week for six weeks with a physiological and psychological testing point once before the beginning of the six-week footbath period and once after.
This is a two-arm randomized controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of warm water footbaths with added ginger powder (experimental) compared to warm water only footbaths (control) in adolescent anorexia nervosa patients. Participants will receive footbaths 4 times per week before bed-time over a period of six weeks.The main focus is on subjective increase in overall body warmth. Moreover, core body temperature, skin temperature at the extremities and several psychological as well as physiological scores and parameters are assessed before and after the six-week intervention. A follow-up is planned at six months post intervention, where core body temperature, physiological and psychological parameters are once more tested.
Study Started
Apr 08
2019
Primary Completion
Feb 26
2020
Study Completion
Feb 27
2020
Last Update
Jul 21
2020

Other ginger powder footbath

38-40° C warm water footbath with an additive of dried ginger powder reaching up to mid-calf level, as practiced in anthroposophic medicine

Other warm water only footbath

38-40° C warm water footbath without any additive reaching up to mid-calf level

Warm water with ginger powder footbath Experimental

Participants who receive a warm water with added ginger powder footbath four times a week over a six-week period.

Warm water only footbath Active Comparator

Participants who receive a warm water only footbath four times a week over a six-week period.

Criteria 

Inclusion Criteria:

main diagnosis: Anorexia nervosa
written informed consent of participants and legal guardians

Exclusion Criteria:

other eating disorder diagnosis apart from Anorexia nervosa
known allergic reaction to ginger
No Results Posted