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Mind-Body Therapies in Primary Health Care

NCT04058119 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 200

Last updated 2019-10-29

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Mental disorders are among the most common causes of disability globally. Given the high prevalence of mental disorders (57.0%) in Azores islands (Portugal), local primary health care (PHC) services should encourage the implementation of complementary interventions for prevention of this type of disorders. New approaches, such as mind-body therapies, have been studied and recommended for prevention and treatment of numerous chronic diseases, particularly mental disorders.

This study aims to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of a 6-months mind-body therapies (yoga, qigong and pilates), in users of Ponta Delgada Health Center (PDHC) with perceived distress, compared to a waiting list control.

Conditions

  • Psychological Stress

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Mind-body therapies

Sessions of body-mind therapies (yoga, qigong and pilates), oriented by certified instructors. Every sessions will be 60-minutes long, biweekly, with a total duration of 6 months.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Unidade de Saude da Ilha de Sao Miguel

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sara B. Ponte, MD · Unidade de Saúde da Ilha de São Miguel

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-02-29
Primary Completion
2020-02-29
Completion
2021-12-31

Countries

  • Portugal

Study Locations

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