Effect of Tao Calligraphy Meditation and Energized Water on Depression
ConditionUnipolar Depression
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age19+
SponsorSha Research Foundation
About this trial
The goal of this controlled randomized clinical study is to learn if a Tao Calligraphy Mindfulness and Energized water Practice works to improve Unipolar Depression. The main questions it aims to answer are:
* Does Tao Calligraphy Mindfulness practice and drinking Energized water improve the subjective symptoms of Unipolar Depression in adults? * Does Tao Calligraphy Mindfulness practice and drinking Energized water improve the clinical symptoms and signs of Unipolar Depression in adults? * Will any improvement in the John Ware's SF-36 Quality of Life questionnaire, in the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ) -9 and in the Beckman Anxiety Inventory (BAI) -21 in adults be statistically significant? Investigators will compare the values of these three scales at the beginning of the mindfulness and energized water practices to their values at six weeks of practice and control groups.
Participants will:
* be randomized into practice and control groups * complete the set of three questionnaires upon entry into the study - (the baseline or zero time point; at the 6-weeks time point, and at the 12-weeks time point * practice the mindfulness techniques with Tao Calligraphy for a minimum of thirty minutes daily and energized water practice for a minimum of five minutes daily.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Age 19 and over with a primary diagnosis as one Unipolar depression according to International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-10 criteria is present and diagnosed by a licensed physician.
Willingness and ability to comply with data collection requirements
Submission of required documentation before entering the study, including informed consent and consent to release of information
Willingness to allow their data to be used for research purposes and published as deemed fit (while conforming to all applicable privacy laws) by Sha Research Foundation
Disqualifiers
Not meeting any of the inclusion criteria
Bipolar disorders, schizophrenia (psychosis)
Treatment with highly potent neuroleptics
Unwillingness to participate in data gathering
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Mindfulness practice with Tao Art (Calligraphy and Song Greatest Love)
- Drinking Energized water
Treatment groups
50 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov