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Saliva Testosterone Increases in Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Patients Beginning Choir Singing

NCT00931294 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 55

Last updated 2009-07-02

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The hypothesis was that a one-year experience of choir singing once a week is more beneficial than group discussions to saliva concentration of testosterone.

Conditions

  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Choir singing

Choir group participated in various relaxation, breathing and vocal exercises with the choir leader, and received the material "To Live with IBS" for home studies, weekly for 1 year. Saliva testosterone assessed 6 times per occasion; baseline, after 6, 9 and 12 months.

BEHAVIORAL

Information Group

Meet in groups, studying and discussing on the same materials under the direction of a group leader, weekly, for 1 year. Saliva testosterone assessed 6 times per occasion; baseline, after 6, 9 and 12 months.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Swedish Research Council

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Region Stockholm

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Stockholm University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Töres Theorell, MD, PhD, Professor · Stress Research Institute at Stockholm University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-05-31
Primary Completion
2007-05-31
Completion
2007-05-31

Countries

  • Sweden

Study Locations

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