Assessing Effects of Mineral-rich Floatation Spa Treatment on Mood and Psychological Health Outcomes

NCT ID: NCT05451888

Last Updated: 2023-05-26

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

55 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-06-01

Study Completion Date

2022-12-31

Brief Summary

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This is a randomised parallel groups trial in healthy human adults exploring whether 8 weeks of treatment in various different spa pools is associated with benefits for mood and other psychological outcomes. Outcome measures will be taken at the beginning and the end of the 8 week period. In addition, outcome measures will be taken after the first spa session to assess acute effects.

Detailed Description

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This experiment is investigating whether mineral-rich floatation spa treatments influence mood and psychological health outcomes. The study will be undertaken at Nirvana Spa in Wokingham over a duration of 8 weeks for each participant. Participants will be randomly allocated to one of three experimental groups. Each group will be assigned to a different mineral-rich spa treatment pool; either a Celestial Floatation pool, Dead Sea Salt Therapy pool, or a control pool which does not contain any minerals (Balneotherapy pool). Participants will undergo one 40-minute treatment, once a week for 8 weeks. The recommended duration for Dead Sea Salt and Celestial floatation pool sessions are 30-40 minutes, thus this study will reflect everyday consumer behaviour. A follow-up assessment of the outcome measures will take place 2 weeks after cessation of treatment to assess possible carry-over effects.

Specifically, there are four research aims of the study;

1. To investigate the effects of regular weekly treatment in the Celestial Floatation Pool on mood outcomes including positive and negative affect, anxiety, depression, and stress.
2. To investigate the effects of regular weekly treatment in the Dead Sea Salt Therapy pool on mood outcomes including positive and negative affect, anxiety, depression, and stress.
3. To investigate the effects of a single 40-minute treatment in the Celestial Floatation Pool and the Dead Sea Salt Therapy pool on mood outcomes including positive and negative affect, anxiety and stress.
4. Do any beneficial effects of spa treatment persist beyond cessation of treatment?

Outcome measures will be used to assess mood and psychological health outcomes both at the beginning (baseline) and at the end (8 weeks) of each treatment (see procedures). In addition, outcome measures will be taken immediately after the first spa treatment to assess acute effects. Specifically, the outcome measures are:

* Positive and Negative Affect using the PANAS-X. This will be a well-established measure of how positive and negative an individual is feeling (these are two separate outcome measures).
* Subjective mood with the Immediate Mood Scaler. This is a recently published novel 22-item measure developed to assess dynamic components of mood. Participants rate their current mood state on a continuum using 7-point Likert scales (eg, happy-sad, distracted-focused, sleepy-alert, fearful-fearless. For each item, an integer score between 1 and 7 is derived. The total score for this scale is the sum of the scores on all 22 items.
* Stress using the Perceived Stress Scale.
* Anxiety with the GAD-7 and the Spielberger State Anxiety Inventory.
* Depression with the PHQ-8
* Sleep quality with the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)
* Experience of spa use will be captured using qualitative and quantitative questions on their enjoyment of the spa intervention and ease of use.

Conditions

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Mood

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Celestial Floatation Pool

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Spa treatment

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

A 40 minute period of lying in the spa treatment pool

Dead Sea Salt Pool

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Spa treatment

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

A 40 minute period of lying in the spa treatment pool

Balneotherapy Control Pool

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Spa treatment

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

A 40 minute period of lying in the spa treatment pool

Interventions

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Spa treatment

A 40 minute period of lying in the spa treatment pool

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

Any adult
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University of Reading

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Daniel Lamport

Associate Professor Daniel Lamport

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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School of Psychology

Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom

Site Status

Countries

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United Kingdom

Other Identifiers

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UReading Spa Study

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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