Osteopathic treatment of patients with bodily distress syndrome of the cardiovascular system
- Conditions
- F45.3Somatoform autonomic dysfunction
- Registration Number
- DRKS00031533
- Lead Sponsor
- Akademie für Osteopathie e. V.
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 150
a) at least 1 of the following symptoms from the symptom group cardiopulmonary (palpitations or heart palpitations, discomfort in the heart area); threshold value: at least 3 on the 5-point response scale
b) At least one or more of the stress symptoms mentioned in the checklist must have occurred repeatedly within a period of at least 3-6 months
c) excessive thoughts, feelings, or behaviors regarding the somatic symptoms or associated health concerns
d) the intensity of cardio-vascular symptoms must show a minimum score of 4 on the numerical rating scale (NRS)
a) Pregnancy;
b) patients with acute organic heart disease
d) patients with relatively severe systemic diseases, with severe psychiatric diseases and suicidal patients
g) permanent pain medication
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Intensity of Somatic Stress Symptom(s) of the cardiovascular system measured with the Numerical Rating Scale (NRS). The outcome parameter is recorded at the beginning of the treatments (T0), at each osteopathic treatment (T1 toT4) 14 days after the last treatment (T5) and 3 months after the last treatment (T6).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Cardiac Anxiety Questionnaire, SF-36 Quality of Life, and Medication Use.<br>Secondary outcome parameters will be recorded at baseline (T0), T5, and T6. Medication intake is documented over the entire period of the study