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

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

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00896844

Enrollment

100

Registered

2009-05-12

Start date

2001-09-30

Completion date

2004-05-31

Last updated

2009-05-12

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Conditions

Healthy

Keywords

emotional disclosure, expressive writing, students

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.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALemotional disclosure

writing about emotional events from the past

BEHAVIORALplacebo writing

writing about how they spent their time the previous day

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE (Investigator)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* healthy

Exclusion criteria

* any mental or physical illnesses in the last three months

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
health centre visits	within 3 months

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
respiratory infections	within 3 months

Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026