NCT05799586

TCM Health Preservation for Depression

Traditional Chinese Medicine Health Preservation Intervention for Depression: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 36 (estimated)
• Sponsor: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study aims to evaluate the feasibility and preliminary effects of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) health preservation for depression on depressive symptoms reduction and other health-related outcomes among Hong Kong Chinese adults with depression. Participants in intervention group will receive TCM health preservation course for six weeks (6 sessions, 2 hours each) and practice TCM health preservation during the 6-week follow-up period. Participants in the control group (waitlist control) will receive usual care. After the follow-up assessment, TCM health preservation courses for depression will be provided to them for compensation.

Conditions

• Depressive, Symptoms Depressive Disorder, Depression

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Traditional Chinese Medicine health preservation group	The traditional Chinese medicine health preservation intervention for depression was developed based on a previous systematic review and meta-analysis of Traditional Chinese medicine based integrated health interventions for depression, traditional Chinese medicine health preservation textbooks, clinical practice guidelines related to traditional Chinese medicine health preservation and traditional Chinese medicine treatment for depression. The content and structure of traditional Chinese medicine health preservation for depression was achieved among Hong Kong traditional Chinese medicine experts via a Delphi study.
BEHAVIORAL	Waitlist control group	Usual care

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-04-01
• Primary completion: 2024-01-30
• Completion: 2024-01-30
• First posted: 2023-04-05
• Last updated: 2024-01-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Hong Kong