A Trial on the Effect of Emotional Disclosure of Traumatic Life Events on Physical Health

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Healthy
• Interventions: Behavioral: emotional disclosure; Behavioral: placebo writing

• Registration Number: NCT00896844
• Lead Sponsor: University Hospital Birmingham

Brief Summary

This is a randomized, controlled trial on the effect of emotional disclosure of traumatic life events on physical health. The hypothesis is that expression of emotions could possibly improve physical health.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2001-09
• Primary Completion: 2004-05
• Study Completion: 2004-05
• Status Verified: 2009-05
• Study First Submitted: 2009-05-11
• Study First Submitted QC: 2009-05-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2009-05-11
• Study First Posted: 2009-05-12
• Last Update Posted: 2009-05-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

• healthy

Exclusion Criteria

• any mental or physical illnesses in the last three months

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
emotional disclosure	emotional disclosure	writing about emotional events from the past
placebo writing	placebo writing	writing about how they spent their time the previous day

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
health centre visits	within 3 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
respiratory infections	within 3 months

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Birmingham; 🇬🇧 Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom