Relationship between sensory qualities and emotions (itch induction by means of histamine-iontophoresis)
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Healthy participants
- Registration Number
- DRKS00005381
- Lead Sponsor
- Institut für Med. Psychologie
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 80
Inclusion Criteria
18 - 30 years of age, healthy
Exclusion Criteria
Exclusion criterion is the occurrence of a chronic somatic or psychiatric diseases as well as the occurrence of an itch-associated (skin-)disease during the last five years or in the present. It is especially paid attention to, that no histamine-intolerance is apparent in the subjects by explicitely asking whether the subjects ever had allergic reactions. In case there is only a small suspicion that the subject could suffer from a histamine-intolerance, he/she is excluded from study participation.
Additionally, the current occurrence of moskito-bites as well as the use of a pacemaker leads to exclusion of the subjects.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Self-assessed itch intensity measured immediately after the treatment by means of a visual analog scale (0 - 10)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method umber of scratch movements during the treatment counted by two independent persons