Reimer Riessen, Matthias Kochanek, Birte Specketer, Tobias Wengenmayer, Stefan Kluge
[The center for intensive care medicine: a model for interdisciplinary and interprofessional collaboration]
Medizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin
highlights homebased hydrotherapy leads fewer missed kindergartendays total application group fever days could registered hydrotherapy according hormesis principle sebastian kneipp aims reduce infections lower respiratory tract parents participation motivated increase applicable health knowledge children objectives study investigates effect coldwater hydrotherapy stimulation according hormesis principle sebastian kneipp number missing kindergartendays fever days respiratory tract infections children aged 36 years study design nonrandomized controlled explorative mixedmethods clinical study intervention hydrotherapeutic intervention treated children aged 36 years kneipp arm affusions 6 weeks control group received intervention number missed kindergartendays fever days respiratory tract infections assessed means digital diary selfdeveloped structured questionnaire sociodemographic data groups compared reason participation study recorded qualitatively evaluated results twenty children participants parents intervention group 18 control group evaluated intervention conducted home parents statistical analysis revealed significant differences groups still showed intermediate effect sizes indicating underpowered study effect sizes point potentially lower proportion children application group versus control group missed kindergartendays total 067 days missed due fever 029 infections lower respiratory tract 060 future study parameters thus serve promising factors evaluation parents stated reasons participation interest improve health increase health knowledge interest alternative therapies support research conclusions coldwater hydrotherapy stimulation according hormesis principle sebastian kneipp reduce number days absent kindergarten total intervention group lower respiratory tract infections occurred less frequently parent participation interest demonstrated desire increase health literacy implement children due small sample size results interpreted cautiously clinical trial registration number german register clinical trials drks id 00017562