Qigong and Social Isolation: Mental Health Benefits

NCT ID: NCT05081297

Last Updated: 2022-02-11

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

64 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-07-02

Study Completion Date

2020-10-31

Brief Summary

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The objective of the study is to understand if Qigong may be useful in controlling the psychological state of participants in relative social isolation (during Covid-19 governmental imposed isolation procedures) The sessions are conducted live by the internet by a professional instructor-therapist with the duration of 2 months and a regular minimum of 2 sessions a week.

Detailed Description

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The study's objective is to understand if Qigong may be helpful on the psychological state control of the participants in a relative state of isolation imposed by the government on the fight against Covid-19.

Data is gathered via the Mental Health Inventory (MHI) adapted to the Portuguese population to assess quantitative mental health scores and a simple structured interview to assess qualitative mental health benefits of Chikung (Qigong).

Qigong was the chosen technique to be studied as an intervention. Qigong is a Traditional Chinese Medicine therapeutic tool that has been studied for its several health benefits. As a traditional vegetative biofeedback therapy, Qigong can be useful for the maintenance of mental health of people with several conditions such as anxiety and depression, autism spectrum disorder and even conditions related to behavioral control.

* Group 1 was composed of Qigong practitioners (for at least 3 months).
* Group 2 was composed of participants who would receive the Qigong intervention (never practiced Qigong).
* Group 3 was composed of control participants (who would not receive the intervention).

Conditions

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Mental Health Wellness 1

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Qigong practitioner group

This arm is the experimental group where qigong intervention is going to be applied to practitioners with experience

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Qigong

Intervention Type OTHER

Qigong as a traditional chinese medicine technique, composed of several types of exercises: Baduanjin, taijiquan, yijinjing, baojiangong.

No practice

This group has no intervention and acts as control

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Beginner Qigong practitioner group

This arm is the experimental group where qigong intervention is going to be applied to practitioners with no experience.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Qigong

Intervention Type OTHER

Qigong as a traditional chinese medicine technique, composed of several types of exercises: Baduanjin, taijiquan, yijinjing, baojiangong.

Interventions

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Qigong

Qigong as a traditional chinese medicine technique, composed of several types of exercises: Baduanjin, taijiquan, yijinjing, baojiangong.

Intervention Type OTHER

Other Intervention Names

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Traditional vegetative biofeedback therapy Chikung Taichi

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

\-

Exclusion Criteria

* Physical or mental disabilities or conditions that may aggravate when performing semi-supervised physical activity
Minimum Eligible Age

16 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

70 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Universidade do Porto

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Jorge Pereira Machado

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Jorge Machado, PhD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

ICBAS - Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar

Lara Lopes, MSc

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

ICBAS - Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar

Jorge M Rodrigues, BSc

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

ICBAS - Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar

Locations

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Instituto Português de Taichi e Chikung

Maia, Porto District, Portugal

Site Status

Countries

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Portugal

Provided Documents

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Document Type: Study Protocol, Statistical Analysis Plan, and Informed Consent Form

View Document

Other Identifiers

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QgIsolationMentalHealth

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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