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A Prospective Study: Tai-chi and Post-COVID Insomnia

NCT06776276 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 337

Last updated 2025-01-15

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Summary

The goal of this study is to see if Tai-Chi exercises (a type of Chinese martial arts) can help people suffering from insomnia after COVID-19 when added with cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and drugs compared to CBT and drugs alone. All participants will receive education on sleep hygiene practices, and the principles of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). If these approaches were insufficient, they will be given sleep aids, primarily Z-drugs.

All study subjects engaged in a simple Tai Chi training program for two weeks. The Tai Chi training consisted of a series of gentle physical exercises that incorporated elements of meditation, body awareness, imagery, and abdominal breathing.

A professional instructor conducted two training sessions for both patients and controls, ensuring that participants could perform the exercises independently at home during the last hour before sleep. Each session lasted twenty minutes, to be done daily. Participants were given a checklist documenting their sleep and exercise diary to confirm adherence for at least five days each week. After the two-week period, all participants are reassessed using the Insomnia severity index.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Tai Chi exercises

Tai-chi (TC) is a kind of CAM Qigong exercises, is a type of classic Chinese martial arts. It entails deliberate, slow-motion physical movements that are done alongside inward concentration, awareness of breathing, and the inherent power or energy in the body. It promotes general purposes of health and spirituality. It is generally accessible and offered to older people in public places.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Alexandria University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-09-20
Primary Completion
2023-12-30
Completion
2024-01-25

Countries

  • Egypt

Study Locations

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