Qigong and Social Isolation: Mental Health Benefits

Mental Health Wellness 1 Clinical Trial

Official title:

Qigong Effects on Mental Health of People Under Relative Isolation

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05081297
• Other study ID #: QgIsolationMentalHealth
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: July 2, 2020
• Est. completion date: October 31, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: January 2022
• Source: Universidade do Porto
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

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.

Description:

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).

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 64
• Est. completion date: October 31, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: October 30, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 16 Years to 70 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

-

Exclusion Criteria:

• Physical or mental disabilities or conditions that may aggravate when performing semi-supervised physical activity

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Mental Health Wellness 1

Intervention

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

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Portugal	Instituto Português de Taichi e Chikung	Maia	Porto

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Universidade do Porto

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Portugal, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Psychological Well-being (Mental health Inventory (MHI) dimension)	A higher score means a higher Psychological Well-being (0-100 score)	T0 - Baseline week 0
Primary	Psychological Well-being (Mental health Inventory (MHI) dimension)	A higher score means a higher Psychological Well-being (0-100 score)	T1 - 8 weeks
Primary	Psychological Distress (Mental health Inventory (MHI) dimension)	A higher score means a higher Psychological Distress (0-100 score)	T0 - Baseline week 0
Primary	Psychological Distress (Mental health Inventory (MHI) dimension)	A higher score means a higher Psychological Distress (0-100 score)	T1 - 8 weeks
Secondary	Positive Affect (Mental health Inventory (MHI) dimension)	A higher score means a higher Positive Affect (0-100 score)	T0 - Baseline week 0
Secondary	Positive Affect (Mental health Inventory (MHI) dimension)	A higher score means a higher Positive Affect (0-100 score)	T1 - 8 weeks
Secondary	Emotional Ties (Mental health Inventory (MHI) dimension)	A higher score means higher Emotional Ties (0-100 score)	T0 - Baseline week 0
Secondary	Emotional Ties (Mental health Inventory (MHI) dimension)	A higher score means higher Emotional Ties (0-100 score)	T1 - 8 weeks
Secondary	Loss of emotional or behavioral control (Mental health Inventory (MHI) dimension)	A higher score means a higher Loss of emotional or behavioral control (0-100 score)	T0 - Baseline week 0
Secondary	Loss of emotional or behavioral control (Mental health Inventory (MHI) dimension)	A higher score means a higher Loss of emotional or behavioral control (0-100 score)	T1 - 8 weeks
Secondary	Anxiety (Mental health Inventory (MHI) dimension)	A higher score means higher Anxiety levels (0-100 score)	T0 - Baseline week 0
Secondary	Anxiety (Mental health Inventory (MHI) dimension)	A higher score means higher Anxiety levels (0-100 score)	T1 - 8 weeks
Secondary	Depression (Mental health Inventory (MHI) dimension)	A higher score means higher Depression levels (0-100 score)	T0 - Baseline week 0
Secondary	Depression (Mental health Inventory (MHI) dimension)	A higher score means higher Depression levels (0-100 score)	T1 - 8 weeks