A Brief Body-Mind-Spirit Group Therapy for Chinese Medicine Stagnation Syndrome: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Joint Authors
Zhang, Zhang-Jin
Leng, Ling-Li
Wang, Qi
Ho, Rainbow T. H.
Ng, Siu-Man
Source
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-12, 12 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2018-06-14
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
12
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Background.
Stagnation syndrome, a diagnostic entity in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), is characterized by mind-body obstruction-like symptoms.
Although TCM has long-established symptom-relief treatments, a comprehensive mind-body intervention was called for.
Purpose.
The study evaluated the efficacy of a six-session body-mind-spirit (BMS) group therapy for persons with stagnation syndrome.
Method.
A 2-arm randomized controlled trial design was adopted.
The control group received a parallel general TCM instruction course.
Both groups completed a pretest (T0), posttest (T1), and 2-month follow-up assessment (T2).
The measures included self-report scales on stagnation, depression, anxiety, physical distress, daily functioning, and positive and negative affect; the other measure was of salivary cortisol, a biological marker of stress.
Results.
Data on 111 adults with stagnation syndrome were included in the analysis.
Completion rates were high (over 87%) for both the intervention and control groups.
Repeated-measures multivariate MANOVA revealed a significant combined effect with large effect size (eta-squared = 0.42).
Repeated-measures ANOVA further revealed that the intervention group showed significant improvements in stagnation, the primary outcome, with medium effect size (eta-squared = 0.11).
The intervention group also showed significant improvements in depression, physical distress, everyday functioning, and negative affect (eta-squared = 0.06 to 0.13).
Post hoc analysis revealed that the intervention group showed significant improvements over the control group in cortisol level at 2-month follow-up assessment (T0 versus T2) with small effect size (eta-squared = 0.05), but not at posttest (T0 versus T1).
Conclusions.
Overall, the findings indicate that our brief BMS group therapy intervention for stagnation syndrome is efficacious.
Moreover, the intervention resulted in a number of substantial improvements in the physical and mental health domains.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ng, Siu-Man& Leng, Ling-Li& Ho, Rainbow T. H.& Zhang, Zhang-Jin& Wang, Qi. 2018. A Brief Body-Mind-Spirit Group Therapy for Chinese Medicine Stagnation Syndrome: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1156443
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Ng, Siu-Man…[et al.]. A Brief Body-Mind-Spirit Group Therapy for Chinese Medicine Stagnation Syndrome: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1156443
American Medical Association (AMA)
Ng, Siu-Man& Leng, Ling-Li& Ho, Rainbow T. H.& Zhang, Zhang-Jin& Wang, Qi. A Brief Body-Mind-Spirit Group Therapy for Chinese Medicine Stagnation Syndrome: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1156443
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1156443