Anxiety
Conditions
Keywords
anxiety
Brief summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to test whether conscious connected breathwork reduces symptoms of anxiety in people with mild to severe anxiety symptoms, as measured by the Zung Self Rating Anxiety Scale. The main questions aims to answer: 1. Does conscious connected breathwork reduce symptoms of anxiety? 2. Does an increased frequency of self-practice lead to even greater reductions of anxiety symptoms. there is a comparison group: Researchers will compare whether people doing the breathwork to see if \[insert effects\]. Participants will participate in 1, 90 minute breath workshop per week for 6 weeks. These sessions will be held on Zoom by 2 facilitators. Participants will also be given a 10 minute recording of a guided conscious connected breathwork session that they will be encouraged to complete daily.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALConscious Connected Breathwork
Participants were taught the Conscious Connected Breathwork Technique. 2 facilitators were monitoring and coaching the participants to ensure adherence to the technique
OTHERPlacebo waitlist
Participants were told the study was full and that they were placed on a waiting list until the 1st cohort had completed the breathwork program
Sponsors
Richard Blake
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
CROSSOVER
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Masking description
Participants in group 2 were told that the trial was full but actually they were just placed in the placebo control group.
Intervention model description
Participants were randomly assigned to either the breathwork group or they were told that they had been placed on a waitlist and that they would participate in the 2nd cohort, which would take place after the 1st 6-week program had been completed. Participants in the breathwork groups were also given a 10 minute guided conscious connected breathwork recording. They were advised to do this daily to support the integration of their process. This was not mandatory. At the end of the study participants were asked how often they used the guided self-practice. The frequency of use of the self-practice was used a covariate.
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
\- Scores of 35 or higher on the Zung self-rating anxiety scale
Exclusion criteria
* anyone having completed more than 4 sessions of Conscious Connected Breathwork * Anyone who has recently (within 1 year) started anti-depressant medication or psychotherapy * Anyone with a history of panic disorder, psychosis, angina, pregnant, seizure disorder, glaucoma
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Changes in anxiety symptoms | 6 - 8 weeks between taking the anxiety scale either before and after the breathwork program or remaining on the wait list | Scores on the Zung Self Rating Anxiety Scale - Scores range from a minimum of 20 and a maximum of 80. A higher score indicates more severe symptoms of anxiety than a lower score. |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed