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Source
Brief title
Health condition
General health
Quality of health
Work productivity
Sponsors and support
Intervention
Outcome measures
Primary outcome
Sickness absence in study period (from January to March 2015)
Secondary outcome
Time of subjective sickness, quality of health and work productivity
Study objective
The primary aim is to determine whether a regular (hot-to-) cold shower can have a beneficial effect on immune function by reducing sickness absence.
Secondary aims are to determine effects on quality of health and work productivity.
Study design
See above
Intervention
Daily cold shower during 30 days starting warm as hot and long as preferred but ending with 30, 60 or 90 seconds according to group showering at the coldest available temperature
Intervention period : January 1st-30th 2015.
Follow-up period: January 31st-March 31st 2015. Participants of all three intervention groups are instructed to shower cold or warm as preferred
Geert Buijze
PO Box 22660
Amsterdam 1100 DD
The Netherlands
g.a.buijze@amc.nl
Geert Buijze
PO Box 22660
Amsterdam 1100 DD
The Netherlands
g.a.buijze@amc.nl
Inclusion criteria
-Men and women aged 18-65
-Employed
-No previous experience of cold bathing
Exclusion criteria
-Significant comorbidity (such as severe cardiovascular or pulmonary disease)
Design
Recruitment
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In other registers
| Register | ID |
|---|---|
| NTR-new | NL5043 |
| NTR-old | NTR5183 |
| Other | METC AMC : W14_244 # 14.17.0296 |