Tai Chi Intervention for Chinese Americans With Depression
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Depression
In brief
The purpose of this study is to conduct a pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) that provides the feasibility, safety, and preliminary efficacy data required to design a large scale trial evaluating Tai Chi for Chinese Americans with major depressive disorder (MDD) who are not on antidepressant medications.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01619631
- Run by
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- People needed
- 94
- Starts
- 2012-02-01
- Expected to finish
- 2016-11-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2016-12-01
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Self-identified as being of Chinese ethnicity and fluent in Mandarin and/or Cantonese
- 18-80 years of age
- Satisfy DSM-IV criteria for MDD
- Baseline score of 14-20 on the 17-item Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAM-D-17)
- No regular (≥ 3 times/week for ≥ 2 months) Tai Chi training/practice or other forms of mind-body intervention in the past 6 months
You may not qualify if…
- Primary psychiatric diagnosis other than MDD
- History of psychosis, mania, or severe cluster B personality disorder, active ETOH or substance abuse/dependency disorder in the past 6 months
- Unstable medical conditions as judged by investigators
- Use or plan to use confounding treatments, including antidepressants and CAM treatments thought to have beneficial effects on mood, such as St. John's Wort, S-Adenosyl methionine (SAMe), omega-3 fatty acids, light therapy, conventional psychotherapy, mind-body interventions (e.g. Qigong, mindfulness training, muscle relaxation training, etc.)
- Current active suicidal or self-injurious potential necessitating immediate treatment
- Women who are pregnant
Where it is running
- South Cove Community Health Center — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Massachusetts General Hospital Depression Clinical and Research Program — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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