Evaluation, Psychological Intervention and Follow-up Study of Anxiety and Depression in Stable COPD Patients

Huimin Gong

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Depression; COPD; Anxiety

Treatments: Behavioral: Baduanjin qigong

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02413840

CMU900314

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study expect to investigate psychological intervention (Baduanjin qigong) in COPD patients combined with anxiety and/or depression.

Full description

Anxiety and depression is one of the most common complications of COPD patients.This research use psychological questionnaires to evaluate the stage of COPD patients with anxiety and/or depression(asymptomatic, subclinical，clinical). The subclinical type will divided into the treatment group of Baduanjin qigong，and the control group. Two groups are all receive the same psychological counseling, the treatment group also receive further treatment of Baduanjin qigong under the guidance of medical staff. The treatment along for 1 year. Two groups were followed up for 2 years, dynamically observe the stage of anxiety and depression,the number of exacerbations,lung function,etc.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosed of COPD
• In stable phase
• FEV1%predicted <80.

Exclusion criteria

• Cancer
• Severe cerebrovascular disease
• Severe arrhythmia,cardiac insufficiency
• Alzheimer's disease
• Mental illness
• Severe liver disfunction
• Severe renal disfunction
• Physical activity disable.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Baduanjin qigong group

Experimental group

Description:

Doing exercise of Baduanjin qigong under the guidance of medical staff;psychological counseling at the same time.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Baduanjin qigong

control group

No Intervention group

Description:

Psychological counseling only.