NCT01797887

Ayurvedic Versus Conventional Counseling in Mothers With Burnout-Syndrome

Diet and Lifestyle Modification in Mothers With Burnout-Syndrome: Ayurvedic Versus Conventional Standard Counseling - A Randomized Controlled Clinical Pilot Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Charite University, Berlin, Germany · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of Ayurvedic diet and lifestyle counseling compared to conventional standard diet and lifestyle counseling in outpatient mothers with burnout-syndrome.

Detailed description

Ayurveda is a traditional Indian medicine: as a whole medical system it consists of diagnostic procedures and complex treatments. Ayurveda-treatment is based on Ayurvedic diagnosis and has a special focus on lifestyle and nutritional counseling, based on the individual constitution of the patient. Ayurvedic counseling can easily be followed by the patients in their day-to-day life and is an inexpensive way of self-care. In Ayurveda it is often used for the treatment of burnout-syndrome. However, no systematic data is available on its effectiveness in comparison to conventional standard diet and lifestyle counseling. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of Ayurvedic diet and lifestyle counseling compared to conventional standard diet and lifestyle counseling in outpatient mothers with burnout-syndrome.

Conditions

• Burnout-Syndrome

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Diet and Lifestyle Counseling	Diet and Lifestyle Counseling

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-05-01
• Primary completion: 2014-12-01
• Completion: 2014-12-01
• First posted: 2013-02-25
• Last updated: 2014-12-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany