Ba Duan Jin for Depression and Anxiety

Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Status: Completed

Conditions: Depression, Anxiety

Treatments: Behavioral: Ba Duan Jin; Behavioral: Health education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04673370

ZY(2018-2020)-CCCX-2007

Details and patient eligibility

About

In recent years, the number of people with symptoms of depression or anxiety are on the rise. The aims of the present study is to examine the effects of Ba Duan Jin on reducing symptoms of depression or anxiety.

Full description

There is growing interest in mind-body therapy that could potentially improve patients' psychological health.

Ba Duan Jin, a traditional Chinese health-preserving technique, combines techniques regulating body, breath and spirit. The effects of Ba Duan Jin on patients with symptoms of depression and anxiety are yet to be further investigated.

The present pilot clinical study aims to apply Ba Duan Jin to patients with symptoms of depression and anxiety, and to evaluate the psychological effects.

Participants allocated to the Health Education Group take part in the 16-week health education including work, rest, diet and other basic programs according to the different conditions of participants. Participants allocated to the Ba Duan Jin Group take part in the 16-week Ba Duan Jin plus health education program. The study plans to enroll 60 participants (30 for Ba Duan Jin plus health education program, and 30 for health education program), expecting that Ba Duan Jin has a better effect on improving psychological condition.

Enrollment: 59 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 74 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Subject with depression or anxiety symptom diagnosed by ICD-10.
• Subject is male or female, age 18 to 75.
• Subject has a clear mind and the ability to read, to talk and to communicate.
• Subject agrees to participate in this study and sign to the informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• Subject has severe somatic disease.
• Subject has history of organic mental disorder, epilepsy, schizophrenia.
• Subject takes any medication of food having effect on gut microbiota within 1 month of screening.
• Subject has history of alcohol abuse.
• Subject is pregnant, lactating or breast-feeding women.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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59 participants in 2 patient groups

Ba Duan Jin Group

Experimental group

Description:

Ba Duan Jin plus health education. Participants take part in 16-week program. The health education is conducted as the Health Education Group. Besides, the participants attended two 90-minute sessions of group-based Ba Duan Jin training per week and practiced at least three 30-minute Ba Duan Jin sessions at home per day.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Ba Duan Jin

Health Education Group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Health education. Participants take part in 16-week program. The health education includes work, rest, diet and other basic programs according to the different conditions of participants.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Health education