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Study NCT ID:
NCT01122706
Status:
COMPLETED
Last Update Posted:
2011-07-26
First Post:
2010-04-12
Brief Title:
Efficacy of Taiji Training as a Program for Stress Prevention
Sponsor:
University of Bern
Organization:
University of Bern
Study Overview
Official Title:
Efficacy of Taiji Training as a Program for Stress Prevention - a Randomized Waiting List Controlled Longitudinal Study With Healthy Subjects
Status:
COMPLETED
Status Verified Date:
2011-07
Last Known Status:
None
Delayed Posting:
No
If Stopped, Why?:
Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access:
False
If Expanded Access, NCT#:
N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status:
N/A
Acronym:
None
Brief Summary:
Background Excessive exposure to psychosocial stress can be a potent trigger for somatic diseases and psychological disorders a cause for missing work and eventually lead to high economic loss Therefore for health and economic reasons the assessment of effectiveness of stress preventive interventions is of high relevance According to several clinical studies Taiji a Chinese form of mindful and gentle movements can significantly reduce symptoms of somatic diseases and psychological disorders Some recently conducted Taiji-studies with healthy subjects indicate a stress protective effect However the stress protective impact of Taiji regarding psychosocial stress has not yet been examined
Objective To investigate the efficacy of a 12 week Taiji training as a stress prevention program by measuring psychosocial stress reactivity in a laboratory setting as well as the subjective perception of stress and coping-resources in daily life of 70 healthy volunteers
Hypothesis Healthy subjects attending a 12 week Taiji course frequency twice a week for 1h will show significantly reduced psychobiological reactivity decreased stress perception and increased coping-resources on a standardized psychosocial stress test compared with healthy subject of the waiting list
Objective To investigate the efficacy of a 12 week Taiji training as a stress prevention program by measuring psychosocial stress reactivity in a laboratory setting as well as the subjective perception of stress and coping-resources in daily life of 70 healthy volunteers
Hypothesis Healthy subjects attending a 12 week Taiji course frequency twice a week for 1h will show significantly reduced psychobiological reactivity decreased stress perception and increased coping-resources on a standardized psychosocial stress test compared with healthy subject of the waiting list
Detailed Description:
Background
Excessive exposure to psychosocial stress can be a potent trigger for somatic diseases and psychological disorders a cause for missing work and eventually lead to high economic loss Therefore for health and economic reasons the assessment of effectiveness of stress preventive interventions is of high relevance According to several clinical studies Taiji a Chinese form of mindful and gentle movements can significantly reduce symptoms of somatic diseases and psychological disorders Some recent Taiji-studies with healthy subjects indicate a stress protective effect However since these findings mainly focus on effects during or immediately after a Taiji training session their study designs and outcome measures are not comparable with existing stress prevention efficacy studies and their sample sizes are generally too small the present available results remain inconclusive Also the impact of a Taiji training on psychosocial stress has not been assessed so far
Objective
The objective of this study is to assess the efficacy of a 12 week Taiji training as a stress prevention program by measuring psychosocial stress reactivity in a laboratory setting subjective perception of stress and coping-resources of 70 healthy subjects in daily life
Methods
The Trier Social Stress Test TSST will be used to measure the psychobiological stress reactivity Salivary cortisol alpha amylase heart rate and heart rate variability will be measured in each subject to asses stress reactivity Also the primary appraisal secondary appraisal PASA questionnaire and the multidimensional mood questionnaire MDBF will be used to assess psychological stress reactivity and a visual analogue scale VAS to measure perceived stressfulness
Additionally to the TSST setting pre- post-intervention and 2 months follow up measurements will be taken The following tools will be used Perceived Stress Scale PSS Stress Reactivity Scale SRSto assess perceived stress and self-efficacy-expectancy questionnaire SWE questionnaire for measuring wellbeing FEW-16 Freiburg mindfulness inventory FMI and self compassion scale SCS to assess perceived coping resources
Excessive exposure to psychosocial stress can be a potent trigger for somatic diseases and psychological disorders a cause for missing work and eventually lead to high economic loss Therefore for health and economic reasons the assessment of effectiveness of stress preventive interventions is of high relevance According to several clinical studies Taiji a Chinese form of mindful and gentle movements can significantly reduce symptoms of somatic diseases and psychological disorders Some recent Taiji-studies with healthy subjects indicate a stress protective effect However since these findings mainly focus on effects during or immediately after a Taiji training session their study designs and outcome measures are not comparable with existing stress prevention efficacy studies and their sample sizes are generally too small the present available results remain inconclusive Also the impact of a Taiji training on psychosocial stress has not been assessed so far
Objective
The objective of this study is to assess the efficacy of a 12 week Taiji training as a stress prevention program by measuring psychosocial stress reactivity in a laboratory setting subjective perception of stress and coping-resources of 70 healthy subjects in daily life
Methods
The Trier Social Stress Test TSST will be used to measure the psychobiological stress reactivity Salivary cortisol alpha amylase heart rate and heart rate variability will be measured in each subject to asses stress reactivity Also the primary appraisal secondary appraisal PASA questionnaire and the multidimensional mood questionnaire MDBF will be used to assess psychological stress reactivity and a visual analogue scale VAS to measure perceived stressfulness
Additionally to the TSST setting pre- post-intervention and 2 months follow up measurements will be taken The following tools will be used Perceived Stress Scale PSS Stress Reactivity Scale SRSto assess perceived stress and self-efficacy-expectancy questionnaire SWE questionnaire for measuring wellbeing FEW-16 Freiburg mindfulness inventory FMI and self compassion scale SCS to assess perceived coping resources
Study Oversight
Has Oversight DMC:
None
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None
Is a FDA Regulated Device?:
None
Is an Unapproved Device?:
None
Is a PPSD?:
None
Is a US Export?:
None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?:
None