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The Effects of an Integrated Mindfulness-based Tai Chi Chuan Program on Sleep Disturbance Among Community-dwelling Elderly People

NCT05396092 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 256

Last updated 2022-05-31

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Summary

The trial aims to evaluate the effects of an integrated form of mindfulness-based Tai Chi Chuan (MBTCC) program and the underlying mechanisms of the beneficial effects on sleep disturbance over 12-month follow-up in community-dwelling elderly people.

Conditions

  • Elderly
  • Sleep
  • Mindfulness
  • Tai Chi Chuan

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Integrated mindfulness-based Tai Chi Chuan

MBTCC will integrate components from both the MBI and TCC groups. The entire intervention consists of eight weekly sessions of two-and-a-half to three hours each.

BEHAVIORAL

Mindfulness-based intervention

The MBI group is mainly based on the basic theory and research of the foundational mindfulness-based stress reduction program. The intervention consists of eight weekly sessions of two to two-and-a-half hours each.

BEHAVIORAL

Tai Chi Chuan

TCC is mainly based on a nine-form Yang-style form of TCC, which is a brief and modified version of 64-form Yang-style TCC. The entire intervention consists of eight weekly sessions of two to two-and-a-half hours each.

BEHAVIORAL

Sleep Hygiene Education

SHE is based on principles used in stimulus control and sleep hygiene education, which has previously been used as the control group in sleep-related research. The entire intervention consists of eight weekly sessions of two to two-and-a-half hours each.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Food and Health Bureau, Hong Kong

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-04-19
Primary Completion
2025-04-18
Completion
2025-04-18

Countries

  • Hong Kong

Study Locations

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