EFFECT OF HAMMAM EXPERIENCE ON GENERAL HEALTH AND PERCEIVED WELL-BEING

University of Granada (UGR)

Status: Completed

Conditions: General Health; Wellness; Chronic Stress

Treatments: Other: Hamman experience; Other: Massage; Other: Placebo Comparator

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06788041

HAM24

Details and patient eligibility

About

The main objective of this study is to analyze the effect of a Hammam experience, a massage experience and a placebo in a healthy general population on their general health and perception of well-being, assessed with biophysiological, physical and psychoemotional markers, and its impact on chronic stress. Our hypothesis is that the Hammam experience will produce a more favorable acute (just after the experience) and subacute (24 hours after the experience) response on the study variables than the other interventions with at least a moderate effect size.

Enrollment: 22 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 25 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Men and women (50%) 25-65 years old
• No metabolic risk.
• Resident in the province of Granada.
• Socio-economic level: medium-high
• Experience in self-care
• Spanish level C2

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnancy
• Participation in treatments and relaxation techniques or taking medication (anxiolytics) frequently (≥ 1 per week) in the last 12 months
• Medical situations limiting participation in the study: acute musculoskeletal pathologies (fractures, wounds, etc.) or local inflammatory processes, diagnosed psychiatric disease, vascular diseases (thrombosis), contagious diseases, fever, thermoregulation problems, incontinence, craniocerebral trauma or infarction (< 6 months), thermal allergies, hypertension, or any uncontrolled systemic disease).

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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22 participants in 6 patient groups

Arm 1 (ABC)

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in this arm will rotate through three treatments (Treatment A Hamman experience and massage, Treatment B massage only, and Treatment C placebo) in a randomized sequence. Each treatment will be separated by a washout period to minimize carryover effects. All participants will experience each treatment at different periods, serving as their own control.

Treatment:

Other: Placebo Comparator

Other: Massage

Other: Hamman experience

Arm 2 (ACB)

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Placebo Comparator

Other: Massage

Other: Hamman experience

ARM 3 (BAC)

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Placebo Comparator

Other: Massage

Other: Hamman experience

Arm 4 (BCA)

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Placebo Comparator

Other: Massage

Other: Hamman experience

Arm 5 (CAB)

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Placebo Comparator

Other: Massage

Other: Hamman experience

Arm 6 (CBA)

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Placebo Comparator

Other: Massage

Other: Hamman experience