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Stress and Fatigue Management Using Balneotherapy in a Short-Time Randomized Controlled Trial
Objective. To investigate the influence of high-salinity geothermal mineral water on stress and fatigue. Method. 180 seamen were randomized into three groups: geothermal (65), music (50), and control (65). The geothermal group was administered 108 g/L salinity geothermal water bath for 2 weeks five...
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2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4804069/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27051455 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9631684 |
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author | Rapolienė, Lolita Razbadauskas, Artūras Sąlyga, Jonas Martinkėnas, Arvydas |
author_facet | Rapolienė, Lolita Razbadauskas, Artūras Sąlyga, Jonas Martinkėnas, Arvydas |
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description | Objective. To investigate the influence of high-salinity geothermal mineral water on stress and fatigue. Method. 180 seamen were randomized into three groups: geothermal (65), music (50), and control (65). The geothermal group was administered 108 g/L salinity geothermal water bath for 2 weeks five times a week. Primary outcome was effect on stress and fatigue. Secondary outcomes were the effect on cognitive function, mood, and pain. Results. The improvements after balneotherapy were a reduction in the number and intensity of stress-related symptoms, a reduction in pain and general, physical, and mental fatigue, and an improvement in stress-related symptoms management, mood, activation, motivation, and cognitive functions with effect size from 0.8 to 2.3. In the music therapy group, there were significant positive changes in the number of stress symptoms, intensity, mood, pain, and activity with the effect size of 0.4 to 1.1. The researchers did not observe any significant positive changes in the control group. The comparison between the groups showed that balneotherapy was superior to music therapy and no treatment group. Conclusions. Balneotherapy is beneficial for stress and fatigue reduction in comparison with music or no therapy group. Geothermal water baths have a potential as an efficient approach to diminish stress caused by working or living conditions. |
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spelling | pubmed-48040692016-04-05 Stress and Fatigue Management Using Balneotherapy in a Short-Time Randomized Controlled Trial Rapolienė, Lolita Razbadauskas, Artūras Sąlyga, Jonas Martinkėnas, Arvydas Evid Based Complement Alternat Med Research Article Objective. To investigate the influence of high-salinity geothermal mineral water on stress and fatigue. Method. 180 seamen were randomized into three groups: geothermal (65), music (50), and control (65). The geothermal group was administered 108 g/L salinity geothermal water bath for 2 weeks five times a week. Primary outcome was effect on stress and fatigue. Secondary outcomes were the effect on cognitive function, mood, and pain. Results. The improvements after balneotherapy were a reduction in the number and intensity of stress-related symptoms, a reduction in pain and general, physical, and mental fatigue, and an improvement in stress-related symptoms management, mood, activation, motivation, and cognitive functions with effect size from 0.8 to 2.3. In the music therapy group, there were significant positive changes in the number of stress symptoms, intensity, mood, pain, and activity with the effect size of 0.4 to 1.1. The researchers did not observe any significant positive changes in the control group. The comparison between the groups showed that balneotherapy was superior to music therapy and no treatment group. Conclusions. Balneotherapy is beneficial for stress and fatigue reduction in comparison with music or no therapy group. Geothermal water baths have a potential as an efficient approach to diminish stress caused by working or living conditions. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016 2016-03-09 /pmc/articles/PMC4804069/ /pubmed/27051455 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9631684 Text en Copyright © 2016 Lolita Rapolienė et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Rapolienė, Lolita Razbadauskas, Artūras Sąlyga, Jonas Martinkėnas, Arvydas Stress and Fatigue Management Using Balneotherapy in a Short-Time Randomized Controlled Trial |
title | Stress and Fatigue Management Using Balneotherapy in a Short-Time Randomized Controlled Trial |
title_full | Stress and Fatigue Management Using Balneotherapy in a Short-Time Randomized Controlled Trial |
title_fullStr | Stress and Fatigue Management Using Balneotherapy in a Short-Time Randomized Controlled Trial |
title_full_unstemmed | Stress and Fatigue Management Using Balneotherapy in a Short-Time Randomized Controlled Trial |
title_short | Stress and Fatigue Management Using Balneotherapy in a Short-Time Randomized Controlled Trial |
title_sort | stress and fatigue management using balneotherapy in a short-time randomized controlled trial |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4804069/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27051455 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9631684 |
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