COOL Challenge: The effect of a (hot-to) cold shower on health and work

The effect of a (hot-to) cold shower on health and work: a randomized controlled trial

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON22081

Enrollment

2000

Registered

2015-06-27

Start date

2015-01-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-02-28

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Conditions

General health Quality of health Work productivity

Interventions

Daily cold shower during 30 days starting warm as hot and long as preferred but ending with 30, 60 or 90 seconds according to group showering at the coldest available temperature Intervention period

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: -Men and women aged 18-65 -Employed -No previous experience of cold bathing

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: -Significant comorbidity (such as severe cardiovascular or pulmonary disease)

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Sickness absence in study period (from January to March 2015)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Time of subjective sickness, quality of health and work productivity	—

Contacts

Public ContactGeert Buijze

Academic Medical Center - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

g.a.buijze@amc.nl

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)