Mindset Interventions to Facilitate Taking Cold Showers

NCT ID: NCT05497713

Last Updated: 2025-04-06

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

476 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-12-02

Study Completion Date

2024-12-31

Brief Summary

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The primary objective of this trial is to determine whether mindsets sustain the feasibility of taking cold showers over a 3-month period. Secondary objectives are to determine potential effects on physical and mental well-being, sleep quality, skin and hair appearance, perceived illness, and related sickness absences from work.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Psychological

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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Control Condition

No Mindset.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Egoistic x Proximal

Mindset: "This is my 5-minute exercise."

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Mindsets

Intervention Type OTHER

The primary objective of this trial is to determine whether mindsets sustain the feasibility of taking cold showers over a 3-month period.

Egoistic x Distal

Mindset: "I am doing this for my health."

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Mindsets

Intervention Type OTHER

The primary objective of this trial is to determine whether mindsets sustain the feasibility of taking cold showers over a 3-month period.

Altruistic x Proximal

Mindset: "I am saving one kilo of CO2: "

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Mindsets

Intervention Type OTHER

The primary objective of this trial is to determine whether mindsets sustain the feasibility of taking cold showers over a 3-month period.

Altruistic x Distal

Mindset: "I am doing this to fight climate change."

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Mindsets

Intervention Type OTHER

The primary objective of this trial is to determine whether mindsets sustain the feasibility of taking cold showers over a 3-month period.

Interventions

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Mindsets

The primary objective of this trial is to determine whether mindsets sustain the feasibility of taking cold showers over a 3-month period.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

The investigators will include

* healthy participants between 18 and 65 years of age,
* which do not take cold shower on a regular basis.
* As there are no known gender differences, participants of both female and male sex are included.

Exclusion Criteria

The investigators will exclude

* pregnant or lactating women by self-report and
* subjects with cardiac, pulmonary or any other severe disease by self-report.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Jens Gaab

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Jens Gaab

Sponsor-Investigator

Responsibility Role SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Jens Gaab, Prof. Dr.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Basel, Division Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Locations

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University of Basel Faculty of Psychology Division for Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Basel, Canton of Basel-City, Switzerland

Site Status

Countries

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Switzerland

Other Identifiers

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eknz2022-00952

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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