Intervention Effect of Shen-based Qigong Exercise on Residual Symptoms of Schizophrenia

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

60 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-08-16

Study Completion Date

2023-06-30

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to observe the intervention effect of shen-based Qigong exercise on residual symptoms of schizophrenia.

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Detailed Description

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Shen-based Qigong exercise is a new kind of health-care Qigong exercise based on the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, aiming at the characteristics of schizophrenia. In this study, a randomized controlled trial was conducted to observe the rehabilitation effect of this new exercise on residual symptoms of schizophrenic patients. Questionnaire, test and other experimental materials were used to evaluate the intervention effect of 12-week shen-based Qigong exercise on psychiatric symptoms, cognitive function, quality of life and social function of schizophrenic patients. At the same time, the related physical function and cardiac function indexes were used to evaluate the physical and cardiac rehabilitation effects of the exercise on patients from the aspects of "body" and "heart", so as to verify whether Qigong exercise has the effects of adjusting body and heart.

Conditions

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Schizophrenia

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Control group

daily rehabilitation interventions

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

daily rehabilitation interventions

Intervention Type OTHER

including Naikan therapy, Morita therapy, group art therapy, group painting therapy

Interventional group

daily rehabilitation interventions and shen-based Qigong exercise

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

daily rehabilitation interventions

Intervention Type OTHER

including Naikan therapy, Morita therapy, group art therapy, group painting therapy

shen-based Qigong exercise

Intervention Type OTHER

a 12-week intervention of shen-based Qigong exercise : exercise 5 days a week, about 30 minutes a day

Interventions

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daily rehabilitation interventions

including Naikan therapy, Morita therapy, group art therapy, group painting therapy

Intervention Type OTHER

shen-based Qigong exercise

a 12-week intervention of shen-based Qigong exercise : exercise 5 days a week, about 30 minutes a day

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Han Chinese population
2. age ≥ 18 years
3. education level ≥ 6 years, can fill in the questionnaire independently, have enough audio-visual level to complete the necessary examination
4. assessed by MINI 7.0 and satisfied with the diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia based on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition(DSM-5)
5. patients with schizophrenia residing in the rehabilitation ward, without relapse in the past 6 months
6. residual negative symptoms, with at least one item ≥ 2 on the negative subscale of PANSS (N1-N7)
7. taking second generation antipsychotics
8. no training history of traditional Chinese exercises
9. agreement to participate in the study and willing to give written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

1. having severe physical diseases such as cardiovascular, lung, liver, kidney, and hematopoietic diseases
2. satisfied with the diagnostic criteria for other mental disorders based on DSM-5
3. having alcohol or substance abuse/dependence
4. having mental retardation(WAIS\<70) and/or severe cognitive impairment(MMSE\<24)
5. having visual and / or hearing problems, unable to complete the relevant test
6. electroconvulsive or repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation(rTMS) therapy in the past 3 months
7. currently enrolled or participated in other clinical studies in the past 3 months
8. participating in regular exercise training in the past 6 months
9. failure to sign or refuse to sign informed consent

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No