Effects of Fasting on Self Efficacy

NCT02113111 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 13-5522 TheraFast
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 120
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The study aims to investigate

• if a 7 day therapeutic fasting regimen will affect self-efficacy of patients with chronic diseases
• the effects of fasting on physical and mental well-being, quality of life and body awareness/image
• the association between patients characteristics and the perceived health benefit after fasting
• the association between Diagnosis according to traditional Chinese medicine and physical and mental well-being during the course of fasting
• experiences and perceptions of patients during fasting therapy

Conditions

Chronic Pain; Fibromyalgia; Rheumatoid Arthritis; Gout; Headache; Arthritis; Gastrointestinal Diseases; Irritable Bowel Syndrome; Inflammatory Bowel Disease; Cardiovascular Diseases

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Self efficacy questionnaire

  Self efficacy questionnaire (SWE) by Schwarzer and Jerusalem, 1999

  up to 6 months

• Bodily self-efficacy

  Bodily self-efficacy (Schützler and Witt, 2013)

  up to 6 months

Secondary Outcomes (9)

• Ability and will to change

  2 weeks, 6 months

• Easiness of life

  2 weeks, 6 months

• Health-related quality of life

  2 weeks, 6 months

• Body responsiveness

  2 weeks, 6 months

• Body awareness and dissociation

  2 weeks, 6 months

Other Outcomes (3)

• Well-being

  2 weeks

• Diagnosis according to traditional Chinese medicine

  day 1

• Experiences

  2 weeks

Study Arms (1)

Fasting

Patients being admitted to an internal integrative medicine hospital and referred to therapeutic fasting therapy

Behavioral: Fasting

Interventions

Fasting BEHAVIORAL

Fasting therapy was adapted from Buchinger, including a fasting period of 7 days. After 2 prefasting days with 800kcal per day from vegetables and rice/potatoes, fasting starts with the ingestion of an oral laxative. During fasting patients receive small quantities of juice and herbal teas, and a vegetable broth for lunch, altogether no more than 350kcal per day. At the end, fasting is broken by an apple or cooked potato, and for the following 3 days nutrition returns to normocaloric diet.

Fasting

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Patients being treated in an integrative clinic for internal medicine Patients recommended for fasting therapy during the inpatient treatment

You may qualify if:

• years or older
• eligible for fasting, i.e. normal weight (no anorexia, no nutritional deficiency, no BMI\<18 or \>35, no eating disorder)

You may not qualify if:

• psychiatric disorder
• type 1 diabetes
• hepatitis
• severe somatic disorder (oncological disease, hepatological or nephrological)
• pregnancy

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Universität Duisburg-Essen: lead

Study Sites (1)

Department of Internal and Integrative Medicine, Kliniken Essen-Mitte

Essen, 45276, Germany

Location

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MeSH Terms

Conditions

Chronic Pain; Fibromyalgia; Arthritis, Rheumatoid; Gout; Headache; Arthritis; Gastrointestinal Diseases; Irritable Bowel Syndrome; Inflammatory Bowel Diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases

Interventions

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Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Muscular Diseases; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Rheumatic Diseases; Neuromuscular Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Joint Diseases; Connective Tissue Diseases; Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases; Autoimmune Diseases; Immune System Diseases; Crystal Arthropathies; Purine-Pyrimidine Metabolism, Inborn Errors; Metabolism, Inborn Errors; Genetic Diseases, Inborn; Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities; Metabolic Diseases; Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases; Digestive System Diseases; Colonic Diseases, Functional; Colonic Diseases; Intestinal Diseases; Gastroenteritis

Study Officials

• Gustav Dobos, Prof

  Department of Internal and Integrative Medicine, Kliniken Essen-Mitte, Faculty of Medicine, University of Duisburg-Essen

  STUDY DIRECTOR

• Romy Lauche, PhD

  Department of Internal and Integrative Medicine, Kliniken Essen-Mitte, Faculty of Medicine, University of Duisburg-Essen

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 10, 2014
• First Posted: April 14, 2014
• Study Start: April 1, 2014
• Primary Completion: July 1, 2015
• Study Completion: September 1, 2015
• Last Updated: September 4, 2015

Record last verified: 2015-09

Locations

DE (1)