A Comparative Clinical Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Emotion to Emotion Therapy Versus VR-based Emotion-Emotion Thearpy for Treatment of Hwa-byung

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

CRIS

Registry ID

KCT0007871

Enrollment

Registered

2022-11-03

Start date

2022-11-22

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-05-27

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Others : 1. Experimental group 1 : Emotion to Emotion Therapy (ETE) - Emotion to Emotion Therapy (ETE) : Twice a week. (16 times during 8 weeks) - Distribution of Educational Materials on Hwa-byung Ma

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1) Aged 19 to 79 2) Clincally diagnosed with Hwa-byung through a Hwa-byung Diagnostic Interview Schedule (HBDIS) 3) Participants who voluntarily decided to participate and signed the consent form

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1) Participants at risk of suicide (Question no.9 on the BDI has more than 2 points, or with specific suicide thinking or suicide plans) 2) Participants with a history of severe psychiatric disorders (Severe psychiatric disorders refer to psychosis such as hallucinations and delusions. It is decided by a specialist of neuropsychiatry of Korean medicine or a resident of neuropsychiatry of Korean medicine.) 3) Participants who have been treated by Korean medicine to Hwa-byung in recent 4 weeks. 4) Seriously unstable medical conditions (It is decided based on lab tests, vital signs, and etc. by investigator.) 5) Hyperthyrodism or Hypothyrodism (over 2 times the upper reference limit of TSH and Free T4 or below 0.75 times the lower reference limit of TSH and Free T4, or taking medication for hyperthyrodism or hypothyroidism 6) Participants who are thought to be not appropriate to participate in this trial by the investigator.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Likert Scale for Major Symptoms of Hwa-byung Symptoms (HB-M)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Likert Scale for Major Symptoms of Hwa-byung Symptoms (HB-M);The Core Seven-Emotions Inventory Short From (CSEI-S);Patient Health Questionnaire-15 (PHQ-15);Stress Response Index (SRI);Beck Depression Inventory (BDI);State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory (STAXI);State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI);Insomnia Severity Index;Functional Near-infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS);Heart Rate Variability (HRV)	—

Countries

Korea, Republic of

Contacts

Public ContactDong Hoon Kang

Daejeon Korean Medicine Hospital of Daejeon University

eastking@kakao.com+82-42-470-9562

Outcome results