Anxiety, Feasibility Studies, Interoception, Interoceptive Awareness, Stress and Anxiety, The Focus of the Study is Feasibility Measures Such as Recruitment, Retention, Fidelity, and Acceptability
Conditions
Keywords
psychomotor therapy, anxiety, anxiety symptoms, interoceptive awareness, body awareness, interoception, mind-body interventions, feasibility
Brief summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a psychomotor (a body-oriented therapy) group intervention can be feasibly delivered to a group of young adults (age 18-35) with anxiety symptoms within a higher educational setting. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Is it possible to recruit and retain participants in this intervention? * Is the intervention acceptable and tolerable to participants? * Do participants complete the planned sessions and assessments? Participants will: * Attend one weekly group session over ten consecutive weeks * Participate in active and contemplative body-based exercises * Complete questionnaires about their mental health and interviews about their experiences of participating
Interventions
BEHAVIORALTen weekly psychomotor therapy group sessions
Ten weekly sessions of a psychomotor therapy group program. Session duration: 2½ hours. Group size: 12 participants. Sessions include psychoeducational content and body-oriented exercises such as breathing exercises, relaxation exercises, body scans, or grounding exercises.
Sponsors
VIA University College
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Intervention model description
A single arm feasibility study where all participants receive the intervention (participate in a ten week group program)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 34 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Age between 18 and 34 years * A score of at least 2 on item 10 of the Anxiety Symptom Scale (indicating the perceived strain of the experienced anxiety symptoms) and at least 1 on one or more of items 1-3 (generalized anxiety symptoms and avoidance behavior) * Sufficient Danish language proficiency to participate in group sessions and interviews
Exclusion criteria
* Physical or psychological conditions that prevents participation in group-based or bodily-activities, such as significant musculoskelatal impairment or current, untreated episodes of psychosis * Ongoing alcohol or substance abuse * Concurrent participation in another body-oriented intervention program
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants recruited | For each participant: 20 minutes during the three month enrollment period. | Enrollment during a three month period from June 2025 to September 2025. Enrollment interview was approximately 20 minutes. Participants had the option of attending a one hour information meeting. |
| Number of participants retained | From enrollment to end of intervention at 11 weeks | — |
| Attendance | From beginning of intervention to end of intervention at 11 weeks | Number of participants attending each of the ten weekly sessions |
| Acceptability to participants | Post intervention at 12 weeks | Evaluated through qualitative interviews with a duration of 45-60 minutes |
| Fidelity of the intervention | From beginning of intervention to end of intervention at 11 weeks | The extent to which intervention components were administered as intended. This was registered by an observer who registered any deviations from a therapy manual. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Changes in Beck Anxiety Inventory | Baseline and post-intervention at 11 weeks | 21 items rated on a four-point Likert scale with scores ranging rom 0 (no anxiety) to 21 (worst possible anxiety) |
| Changes in Perceived Stress Scale | Baseline and post-intervention at 11 weeks | Ten items rated on a five-point Likert scale with scores ranging from 0 (no stress) - 40 (maximum stress) |
| Changes i WHO-Five Well-Being Index | Baseline and post-intervention at 11 weeks | A five-item measure rated on a six-point Likert scale with scores ranging from 0 (worst possible well-being) to 100 (maximum well-being) |
| Changes in Multiple Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness | Baseline and post-intervention at 11 weeks | Body awareness measured through 32 items across eight subscales rated on a six-point Likert scale, reported as mean scores on each subscale (range 0-5) |
Countries
Denmark
Outcome results
None listed