The effects of Geotherapy on Heartburn and Reflux Symptoms: pilot clinical trial
Phase 1
- Conditions
- heartburn, peptic esophagitiC23.888.821.525C06.405.117.620.420
- Registration Number
- RBR-44np8k
- Lead Sponsor
- nisul
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruitment completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
Be at least 21 years of age;
Have a diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflux;
Be willing to attend the sessions of the research protocol in full;
Know how to read and write;
Exclusion Criteria
Present lesions on the skin in the region where the clay poultice will be applied;
Patients undergoing recent gastroesophageal surgery (time less than 30 days), who present a surgical incision in the healing process and still under the effect of post-surgical drug therapy (analgesics, antipyretic and antiemetic);
Use of topical medications in the region that compromise the application of epigastric cataplasm.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To evaluate improvement in pain relief and symptom relief in gastroesophageal reflux disease with yellow clay epigastric cataplasm.<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Decreased pain and symptoms in GERD with application of epigastric yellow clay cataplasm. It was evaluated by three questionnaires (QS-GERD, EVA and Sociodemographic)<br>Data collected during the intervention and after one month of the intervention.<br>The p-value relative to the first and the sixth version of the poultice program was 0.002 and the p-value relative to a first alation before the poultice in relation to a sixth posterior application of the poultice was 0.001