Do Videos That Aim to Optimize Expectations Alter the Effectivess of PMR?

Philipps University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Experimental Group 2 (Video Factual Expert); Experimental Group 1 (Video Personal Expert); Control Group

Treatments: Behavioral: Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03330431

2017_EXPECT_v1

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study's aim is to determine whether a short video aiming to optimize expectations regarding the effectiveness of progressive muscle relaxation (PMR) ist able to improve the actual effectiveness of PMR in comparison with a neutral (no video) control group.

Enrollment: 66 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Healthy participants
• fluency in the German language to provide informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• Chronic illness
• Mental disorder

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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66 participants in 3 patient groups

Experimental group 1 (personal expert)

Experimental group

Description:

Participants watch a video of an expert describing the positive effects of Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR) with personalized examples and stories before undergoing a PMR session.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR)

Experimental group 2 (factual expert)

Experimental group

Description:

Participants watch a video of an expert describing the positive effects of Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR) with factual information (not personal) before undergoing a PMR session.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR)

Control group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants read a neutral text before undergoing a Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR) session.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR)