Guo 2018.
| Study name | The effect of Imaginary Working Qigong on the psychological well‐being of college students |
| Methods |
Study design: RCT Country: China |
| Participants | College students from BUCM who are in the first or second year aged 18 to 25 years Inclusion criteria: a. college students, aged between 18 and 25 years, a full‐time freshman or sophomore; b. right‐handed; c. voluntarily willing to participate in this study; d. agreeing to participate in this trial after receiving a thorough explanation of the purposes and characteristics of the trial and willing to sign the written informed consent form, available and willing to complete all IWQ training sessions and relevant psychological outcomes assessment on time; e. truthfully filled out the training and testing record forms and cooperate with the relevant psychological outcomes measure. Exclusion criteria: a. being or having been engaged in a long‐term regular exercising meditation Qigong or other forms of Qigong or athletic sports; b. a member of the Martial Arts Association, Yoga Association, Dance Association, Aerobics Association, Sanda Association, or Taekwondo Association, and so forth; c. a family history of psychosis, neurasthenia, stress disorder, personality disturbance, mental sickness induced by taking psychoactive substances; d. suffered from malignant tumour, severe consumptive disease, cerebrovascular disease, communicable disease, mental illness, and severe cardiovascular, liver, kidney, gastrointestinal and haematological diseases, musculoskeletal system diseases, or other contraindication to mild‐to‐moderate physical exertion; e. high risk of suicide as elicited by interview or have head trauma within the past 6 months; f. who used antianxietics, antidepressants, antipsychotic drugs or anti‐insomnia drugs at a month before the start of the study; g. those with a metal or heart pacemaker implanted in the body; h. women who are pregnant, lactating, or planning to become pregnant; i. being or having participated in other similar clinical trials that affect the relevant psychological outcomes of this study; j. inability to comprehend and complete the study assessments or to be likely to encounter difficulties in adhering to this study instructions; k. participants whom the research investigators judge to be inappropriate. Stated purpose: to examine the feasibility and acceptability of IWQ program amongst college students |
| Interventions |
Intervention: Imaginary Working Qigong (IWQ) The IWQ training includes supervised training and independence training. Supervised training will be performed lasting 4 weeks at the Qigong training classroom of the university and then 4 weeks of independence training according to own situation to decide the time and place. Training will be performed for 40 minutes per day, and each session will include a warm‐up of relaxation for 10 minutes; specified IWQ was performed and refined for 30 minutes. The training scheme originated from the IWQ recorded in Traditional Chinese Medicine Qigong and Chinese Medicine Qigong Training Guidance. An initial workshop conducted over 10 consecutive half‐days by 2 qualified coaches will be designed before IWQ training. After finishing the training of 8 weeks, follow‐up will be done on all participants for 4 weeks. During the 4‐week unsupervised follow‐up period, all of the participants will return to their original lifestyles, but be required to record their mind and body health condition, daily physical activities, or sport information. Control: Waiting list (No specific exercise training will be administered on the participants in the control group. They will be informed to keep their original daily lifestyle in the intervention period and requested not to commence any relaxation techniques, mindfulness meditation, or any other mindfulness‐based training or participate in other regular mind‐body exercises, such as yoga or other forms of Qigong. At the completion of the study, they will be given the same 8 weeks of IWQ training after the 13 weeks so as to increase involvement compliance rate). |
| Outcomes |
Participants'outcomes of interest for this review
Economic outcomes Nil Time points: baseline, post‐intervention (4 weeks after intervention: immediately after 4‐week unsupervised follow‐up period) |
| Starting date | NA |
| Contact information | Yulong Wei, wylbucm@163.com |
| Notes |
Source of funding: National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.81473746) Prospective trial registration number: ChiCTR‐BON‐17010848 |