Does Conscious Connected Breathwork Reduces Symptoms of Anxiety. A Quantitative Study Conducted in an Online Environment
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 108
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Changes in anxiety symptoms
研究概览
简要总结
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:
- Does conscious connected breathwork reduce symptoms of anxiety?
- Does an increased frequency of self-practice lead to even greater reductions of anxiety symptoms.
there is a comparison group: Researchers will compare whether people doing the breathwork to see if [insert effects].
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.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Crossover
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Single (Participant)
盲法说明
Participants in group 2 were told that the trial was full but actually they were just placed in the placebo control group.
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Scores of 35 or higher on the Zung self-rating anxiety scale
排除标准
- •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
结局指标
主要结局
Changes in anxiety symptoms
时间窗: 6 - 8 weeks between taking the anxiety scale either before and after the breathwork program or remaining on the wait list
Scores on the Zung Self Rating Anxiety Scale - Scores range from a minimum of 20 and a maximum of 80. A higher score indicates more severe symptoms of anxiety than a lower score.
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Richard Blake
PhD Candidate
California Institute of Integral Studies