Scientific study
Together with the Eggensberger therapy center in the Füssen district of Hopfen am See, the Kneipp health resort of Füssen researched the effect of water and Kneipp treatments on the autonomic nervous system and non-organic sleep disorders as part of a four-year scientific intervention study.
Kneipp water treatments
According to the 2017 DAK Health Report, ten percent of all illnesses in Germany can be attributed to sleep disorders. With Kneipp hydrotherapy, physical therapy offers validated applications to influence the autonomic nervous system and therefore presumably non-organic sleep disorders. Thus, the tried and tested Kneipp applications of the water doctor Sebastian Kneipp, such as Kneipp watering or washing, were the core of the joint study. The measures taken were to be used to investigate the improvement in sleep quality and the increase in performance, restfulness and well-being.
The planned outcome was the question of whether a twelve-week intervention with hydrotherapy can significantly influence non-organic sleep disorders more than a control group without intervention. Following the outpatient intervention study, a one-week teaching program was developed to provide participants with a validated hydrotherapy program for self-application at home. This enables people with non-organic sleep disorders to improve their health and increase their health literacy.
The study results
- The statistical evaluations of the questionnaires (PSQI and WHO-5) and the objective parameters (blood pressure, heart rate variability and rewarming) of the intervention group studied show a significant change compared to the waiting group.
- The results of the study and the evaluation of the research questions and hypothesis pairs show that the twelve-week hydrotherapy program is effective.
- The present results also show that the teaching week showed comparable improvements in the subjective and objective parameters of non-organic sleep disorders.
| Project overview: | |
|---|---|
| German Register of Clinical Trials | DRKS00024127 |
| Project sponsor | Füssen Tourism and Marketing, Kaiser-Maximilian-Platz 1, 87629 Füssen |
| Study implementation | Eggensberger Therapy Center, Ringweg 6, 87629 Füssen - Hopfen am See |
| Authorizing authority | Bavarian State Office for Health and Food Safety (LGL) |
| Funding program | Measures to increase medical quality in the Bavarian highly predicatized health resorts and spas as well as recognized medicinal spring and mud spa businesses (KuHeMo) |
| Reference number | GE9-2499-KuHeMo-19-V1 |
| Project period | 15.10.2019 until 14.10.2023 |
| Project costs | 107,402.77 EUR |
| Funding rate | 70 percent |
On 11.10.2019, the early start of the measures on 15.10.2019 was approved by the approval authority as a result of the transfer of responsibility by the Bavarian State Ministry of Health and Care (StMGP).
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