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Table 7 Summary of adverse events

From: Effects and feasibility of hyperthermic baths in comparison to exercise as add-on treatment to usual care in depression: a randomised, controlled pilot study

 

HTB Group

(n = 21)

PEP Group

(n = 11)

Adverse events

n

%

n

%

Dizziness during the intervention

13

62

1

9

Fatigue during the bath

6

29

  

Palpitations during the bath

4

19

  

Itching transient

4

19

  

Heat/sweating transient

3

14

  

Feeling of tightness, transient

2

10

  

Headache, transient

2

10

  

Hunger transient

1

5

  

Insomnia in the night after the bath

1

5

  

Pre-syncope after the bath

1

5

  

Worsening of depressive symptoms in the night after the bath

1

5

  

Irritability transient

1

5

  

Muscle soreness transient

  

3

27

Joint pain transient

  

3

27

Sciatica transient

  

1

9

Tendon pain transient

  

1

9

Cough after sport

  

1

9