Swimming Immediately After Having a Meal

NCT05401396 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 052022
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 27
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Many believe that it is unsafe to swim immediately after having a meal and that it is preferable to wait at least 30 minutes. The fear is that swimming can cause stomach cramps and muscle cramps with discomfort and potentially drowning. With this randomized controlled trial, the aim was to investigate whether there was any hold in this belief and what could potentially happen by swimming with the stomach full immediately after a meal.

Conditions

Sadness

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Occurrence of mortality

  Any adverse events leading to death

  During swimming

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Swimming time

  During swimming

• Discomfort

  During the actual swimming and immediately after swimming is completed

• Mood changes

  Baseline and immediately after swimming

• Number of patients with any adverse events

  During and immediately after swimming is completed

Study Arms (2)

Swimming immediately after eating

EXPERIMENTAL

Two arms but all participants are performing both the intervention and the comparison.

Other: Swimming immediately after eating

Swimming 30 minutes after eating

NO INTERVENTION

Two arms but all participants are performing both the intervention and the comparison.

Interventions

Swimming immediately after eating OTHER

After having the last bite of lunch, the participants will swim in the pool with a specific distance.

Swimming immediately after eating

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• ≥18 years
• Healthy volunteers
• Otherwise, no restriction since each participant acts as their own control

You may not qualify if:

• Smoking one hour prior to swimming
• Participants who cannot swim

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Herlev Hospital: lead

Study Sites (1)

Center for Perioperative Optimisation, Department of Surgery, Herlev og Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen

Herlev, 2730, Denmark

Location

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Model Details: Each participant will on the first day of the trial be randomized either to swim in a pool immediately after lunch or to wait 30 minutes before swimming. The participants will do the opposite on the second day of the trial. The randomization will be done by throwing a dice.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 25, 2022
• First Posted: June 2, 2022
• Study Start: May 28, 2022
• Primary Completion: June 4, 2022
• Study Completion: June 4, 2022
• Last Updated: October 26, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-10

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

DK (1)