Does Conscious Connected Breathwork Reduce Symptoms of Anxiety?

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

108 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-09-21

Study Completion Date

2023-12-20

Brief Summary

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The goal of this clinical trial is to test whether conscious connected breathwork reduces symptoms of anxiety in people with mild to severe anxiety symptoms, as measured by the Zung Self Rating Anxiety Scale.

The main questions aims to answer:

1. Does conscious connected breathwork reduce symptoms of anxiety?
2. Does an increased frequency of self-practice lead to even greater reductions of anxiety symptoms.

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Participants will participate in 1, 90 minute breath workshop per week for 6 weeks. These sessions will be held on Zoom by 2 facilitators. Participants will also be given a 10 minute recording of a guided conscious connected breathwork session that they will be encouraged to complete daily.

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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Anxiety

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

CROSSOVER

Participants were randomly assigned to either the breathwork group or they were told that they had been placed on a waitlist and that they would participate in the 2nd cohort, which would take place after the 1st 6-week program had been completed.

Participants in the breathwork groups were also given a 10 minute guided conscious connected breathwork recording. They were advised to do this daily to support the integration of their process. This was not mandatory. At the end of the study participants were asked how often they used the guided self-practice. The frequency of use of the self-practice was used a covariate.

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Participants in group 2 were told that the trial was full but actually they were just placed in the placebo control group.

Study Groups

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Breathwork Group

This group participated in 6 weeks of 90-minute Conscious Connected Breathwork groups conducted via Zoom. Participants attended 1 workshop per week

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Conscious Connected Breathwork

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants were taught the Conscious Connected Breathwork Technique. 2 facilitators were monitoring and coaching the participants to ensure adherence to the technique

Waitlist control group

This group were told the 1st cohort of the study was full and they would be permitted to join cohort 2 in 6 weeks time. At the end of this waitlist period participants were invited to join the second cohort so long as they still met the inclusion criteria.

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Placebo waitlist

Intervention Type OTHER

Participants were told the study was full and that they were placed on a waiting list until the 1st cohort had completed the breathwork program

Interventions

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Conscious Connected Breathwork

Participants were taught the Conscious Connected Breathwork Technique. 2 facilitators were monitoring and coaching the participants to ensure adherence to the technique

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Placebo waitlist

Participants were told the study was full and that they were placed on a waiting list until the 1st cohort had completed the breathwork program

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

\- Scores of 35 or higher on the Zung self-rating anxiety scale

Exclusion Criteria

* anyone having completed more than 4 sessions of Conscious Connected Breathwork
* Anyone who has recently (within 1 year) started anti-depressant medication or psychotherapy
* Anyone with a history of panic disorder, psychosis, angina, pregnant, seizure disorder, glaucoma

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No