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{"title":"Evaluating \"Comparing the Effects of Massage Therapy and Aromatherapy on Knee Pain, Morning Stiffness, Daily Life Function, and Quality of Life in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis\".","authors":"Menghua Li, Zhaoxi Liu, Yunxuan Huang","doi":"10.1159/000521783","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000521783","url":null,"abstract":"Dear Editor, We are very happy to read this article named \"Comparing the Effects of Massage Therapy and Aromatherapy on Knee Pain, Morning Stiffness, Daily Life Function, and Quality of Life in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis\" [1]. The study confirmed that massage can effectively improve the quality of life of patients with knee osteoarthritis. This provides clinicians with good health advice. We greatly appreciate the author's research. If the research design can be improved, then the research power will be stronger. The authors used simple randomization for patient assignments. Although simple randomization is inexpensive and easy to implement, it is easy to trigger imbalances in terms of important baseline[2]. Furthermore, simple randomization may lead to i=imbalances in the number of participants randomized for each group [3]. In a small samples trial, simple randomization is not a good option for the trial. Blocked randomization may be a better choice for a small sample trial, for example, this study. On the other hand, authors should report the basis for the calculation of sample size according to the CONSORT statement [4]. The authors should consider the balance between medicine and statistics, which will be a bridge of scientific study and ethical requirements. The authors did not disclose how they determined the sample size, so we cannot evaluate whether the study reached a reasonable balance.","PeriodicalId":10541,"journal":{"name":"Complementary Medicine Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10224986","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine in the Treatment of Peripheral Facial Palsy Caused by Wisdom Tooth Extraction: A Case Report.","authors":"Dong Li, Larissa Tao, Xifang Wei, Wa Cai, Weidong Shen","doi":"10.1159/000534591","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000534591","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Peripheral facial palsy is characterized by acute peripheral facial nerve paralysis. While most cases have no identifiable cause, some are linked to infectious or noninfectious factors. The potential connection between herpes simplex virus-1 and peripheral facial palsy has been studied since the 1970s, with a small number of cases reported following tooth extraction. Patients who have treatment delayed for over a year and still exhibit no signs of recovery have a bleak prognosis. In this case, factors contributing to facial paralysis in this patient are facial nerve injury as a result of wisdom teeth extraction, improper nursing, and delayed treatment.</p><p><strong>Case presentation: </strong>A 23-year-old female presented with numbness and stiffness on the right side of the outer skin around the lips. These symptoms persisted for about 4 years after the extraction of the right lower wisdom tooth. Physical examination revealed House-Brackmann grade II peripheral facial paralysis. Acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine treatments were initiated with an aim to facilitate nerve repair and neurofacilitation in the affected area. Following a 4-week course of treatment, the patient experienced a decrease in numbness and stiffness in the area, and treatment was discontinued.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The combination of acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine is a safe and promising supplementary therapy for peripheral facial palsy caused by wisdom tooth extraction. Nevertheless, it is imperative to conduct larger scale and randomized controlled studies to determine whether these complementary interventions have a significant additive or synergistic effect toward achieving complete recovery in the patients.</p><p><p><title>Hintergrund</title>Die periphere Fazialisparese ist durch eine akute periphere Gesichtsnervenlähmung gekennzeichnet. Meist ist keine erkennbare Ursache feststellbar, doch besteht bei einigen Fällen ein Zusammenhang mit infektiösen oder nicht-infektiösen Faktoren. Ein möglicher Zusammenhang zwischen dem Herpes-simplex-Virus-1 (HSV-1) und der peripheren Fazialisparese wird seit den 1970er Jahren untersucht, und es wurde über eine kleine Zahl von Fällen nach einer Zahnextraktion berichtet. Patienten, bei denen die Behandlung erst nach einjähriger Verzögerung oder noch später beginnt und die keine Anzeichen für eine Besserung zeigen, haben eine ungünstige Prognose. In diesem Fall sind die Faktoren, die zur Gesichtslähmung des Patienten beitragen, eine Verletzung des Nervus facialis infolge der Weisheitszahnextraktion, unsachgemäße Pflege und ein verzögerter Behandlungsbeginn.<title>Fallbericht</title>Eine 23-jährige Frau stellte sich mit Taubheitsgefühl und Steifigkeit auf der rechten Seite im Bereich der äußeren Haut um die Lippen herum vor. Die Symptome bestanden seit der Extraktion des rechten unteren Weisheitszahns etwa 4 Jahre zuvor. Die körperliche Untersuchung ergab eine periphere","PeriodicalId":10541,"journal":{"name":"Complementary Medicine Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49675145","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effectiveness of Eupatorium perfoliatum 30C in Prevention of Dengue Fever and Acute Febrile Illness during 2017 Dengue Outbreak in Urban Slums of Delhi: A Prospective, Open-Label, Community-Based, Parallel Cohort Study.","authors":"Debadatta Nayak, Ruchika Bhalla, Rupali Bhalerao, Lovepreet Kaur, Ankit Gupta, Vanee Dev, Smita Singh, Anil Khurana, Raj Kumar Manchanda","doi":"10.1159/000534461","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000534461","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study was undertaken to assess the effectiveness of Eupatorium perfoliatum (EP) 30C on the incidence of dengue fever and acute febrile illness (AFI) during the 2017 dengue outbreak.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a prospective, open-label, community-based parallel cohort study involving apparently healthy individuals residing in 06 urban slums (JJ colony) of Delhi. The participants were enrolled in two cohorts - the medicine cohort (MC) and the control cohort (CC). Participants in MC were given weekly one dose of EP 30C for 10 weeks along with Information, Education and Communication (IEC) material regarding dengue. Participants in the CC were provided with the IEC material only. The primary outcome measure was the incidence of dengue fever as per case definitions notified in the national guidelines for clinical management of dengue fever by the Government of India during the 10 weeks follow-up period. The secondary outcome measures were the incidence of AFI and the hospitalization of confirmed dengue cases.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The analysis included 40,769 participants residing in 06 slum clusters of Delhi out of which 28,321 participants were in MC and 12,448 participants were in CC. The incidence of laboratory-confirmed dengue in the MC was 2.57 per 10,000 person-weeks (95% confidence interval [CI], 2.02-3.22) in comparison with 7.55 per 10,000 person-weeks (95% CI, 6.12-9.21) in the CC. The incidence of AFI in the MC was 19.66 per 10,000 person-weeks (95% CI, 18.07-21.36) in comparison with 40.96 per 10,000 person-weeks (95% CI, 37.48-44.67) in the CC. The overall protective effect of EP against laboratory-confirmed dengue was 65.77% (95% CI, 53.37-74.87; p = 0.0001) and against AFI was 52.58% (95% CI, 46.37-58.07; p = 0.0001). Hospitalization reported in the MC was nil as against 4.35% in the CC. No dengue-related case fatalities were reported from either cohort. None of the participants from the MC reported any adverse events owing to the prophylactic intervention.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The study concludes that EP 30C was able to prevent dengue significantly. Randomized controlled trials are needed to confirm or refute our findings.</p><p><p><title>Ziel</title>Das Ziel dieser Studie war die Beurteilung der Wirksamkeit von <italic>Eupatorium perfoliatum</italic> (EP) 30C auf die Inzidenz von Dengue-Fieber und akuter fiebriger Erkrankung (AFE) während des Dengue-Ausbruchs 2017.<title>Methoden</title>Wir führten eine prospektive, unverblindete, Bevölkerungs-Parallelgruppen-Kohortenstudie mit augenscheinlich gesunden Bewohnern von 6 städtischen Slums (JJ-Kolonie) in Delhi durch. Die Teilnehmer wurden in 2 Kohorten aufgenommen, einer Medizinkohorte (MK) und einer Kontrollkohorte (KK). Die Teilnehmer in der MK erhielten 10 Wochen lang wöchentlich eine Dosis EP 30C und dazu Aufklärungsmaterialien über Dengue. Die Teilnehmer in der KK erhielten nur die Aufklärungsmaterialien.","PeriodicalId":10541,"journal":{"name":"Complementary Medicine Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89717237","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Effect of Yoga on Maternal Anxiety in Women with Excessive Gestational Weight Gain: A Randomized Controlled Trial.","authors":"Tuqa Jalal Jumaah, Shahla Faal Siahkal, Zahra Behboodi Moghadam, Elham Ebrahimi","doi":"10.1159/000534776","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000534776","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Excessive gestational weight gain (EGWG) and anxiety are comorbid conditions that increase the risk of adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes. This study was conducted to investigate the effect of yoga on the anxiety of women with EGWG.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>This randomized controlled trial was performed on EGWG pregnant women referring to comprehensive health centers in Qom city, Iran, between October 2021 and August 2022. Eighty-eight participants were assigned to the intervention (N = 44) and control (N = 44) groups. The experimental group participated in six sessions of 90-min yoga classes, and the control group only received routine care. Two questionnaires including a demographic information questionnaire and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) questionnaire were used for data collection. Data were analyzed using SPSS software version 22.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The results of this study showed a statistically significant difference between the two groups in terms of trait anxiety (25.84 ± 3.45 vs. 57.38 ± 8.07; p &lt; 0.05) and state anxiety (27.93 ± 3.72 vs. 60.13 ± 8.13; p &lt; 0.05) after intervention. On the other hand, the trait and state anxiety rates were stable in the experimental group before and after intervention, while they increased to the severe form of anxiety in the control group (effect size = -21.84 ± 10.66 vs. -19.43 ± 8.44).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The result of this study showed that yoga has a positive effect on the anxiety of pregnant women with EGWG and can be used as a preventive or complementary solution to control the anxiety of these mothers.</p><p><p><title>Hintergrund</title>Exzessive Gewichtszunahme in der Schwangerschaft (EGWG) und Angst sind Komorbiditäten, die das Risiko für einen ungünstigen Verlauf für Mutter und Kind erhöhen. Diese Studie wurde durchgeführt, um die Auswirkung von Yoga auf Angst bei Frauen mit exzessiver Gewichtszunahme in der Schwangerschaft zu untersuchen.<title>Material und Methoden</title>Diese randomisierte, kontrollierte Studie wurde bei Schwangeren mit EGWG durchgeführt, die sich zwischen Oktober 2021 und August 2022 an Zentren für ganzheitliche Gesundheit in der Stadt Ghom im Iran vorstellten. 88 Teilnehmerinnen wurden einer Interventions- (<italic>N</italic> = 44) und einer Kontrollgruppe (<italic>N</italic> = 44) zugeteilt. Die experimentelle Gruppe nahm an einem Yogakurs von sechsmal 90 minuten Dauer teil, die Kontrollgruppe erhielt lediglich die Standardversorgung. Die Datenerhebung erfolgte mit zwei Fragebögen: einem Fragebogen zu demografischen Angaben und dem State-Trait-Angstinventar (STAI). Die Auswertung der Daten erfolgte mit SPSS-Software, Version 22.<title>Ergebnisse</title>Die Ergebnisse dieser Studie zeigten einen statistisch signifikanten Unterschied zwischen beiden Gruppen im Hinblick auf Eigenschaftsangst (25.84 ± 3.45 vs. 57.38 ± 8.07; <italic>p</italic> &lt; 0.05) und Zustandsangst","PeriodicalId":10541,"journal":{"name":"Complementary Medicine Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134648589","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Is Traditional Chinese Medicine Effective in Treating Tic Disorders (Tourette Syndrome)? A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.","authors":"Min Kong,&nbsp;Shijun Yan,&nbsp;Yuena Gao,&nbsp;Hui Li","doi":"10.1159/000524377","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000524377","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is a type of alternative medicine that has been widely utilized in the prevention and treatment of neuropsychiatric diseases such as schizophrenia, ADHD, Alzheimer disease, and Tourette syndrome (TS) in many countries. However, the results regarding TCM's effectiveness and safety in treating TS are conflicting. Therefore, the goal of the present study is to analyze and summarize the available literature related to the efficacy of TCM in the treatment of tic disorders, especially TS.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Relevant articles for the meta-analysis were searched using appropriate keywords from PubMed, MEDLINE, and CENTRAL databases. Event data for TCM for the treatment of TS in the control and intervention arms were determined from the randomized controlled trials, and diagnostic odds ratio (DOR) and risk of bias analysis were performed. Meta-analysis was performed using MedCalc software, and suitable parameters to assess heterogeneity were computed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Twelve randomized clinical trials with a total of 1,681 TS patients were included as per the inclusion criteria. The patients' clinical symptoms were improved to a greater extent, and the pooled DOR of 1.311 with a 95% confidence interval (CI) value ranging from 0.804 to 2.139 and I2 value of 72.04% were obtained. The pooled relative risk was 1.09, with a 95% CI value ranging from 0.97 to 1.268. The data heterogeneity was assessed, and we achieved a Q value of 33.54, a p value of 0.0004, and I2 value of 67.21% with a 95% CI value of 32.91-82.10. All these values are statistically significant, with p < 0.005, and confirmed the effectiveness of TCM for TS patients.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The present meta-analysis on account of these statistically significant results highly recommends using TCM to treat TS.</p>","PeriodicalId":10541,"journal":{"name":"Complementary Medicine Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9926288","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Getting in a Spin over the Therapeutic Process: QBism and a Gyroscopic Model of the Vital Force.","authors":"Lionel R Milgrom","doi":"10.1159/000527156","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000527156","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>In the previous paper, a relatively new interpretation of quantum theory called quantum Bayesianism or QBism was introduced as an alternative quantum metaphor for the therapeutic process (TP). This is because previous metaphors have been based on conventional quantum theory (CQT) and its notion that quantum states belong to a strongly objective shared reality. QBism says no: quantum states are subjective degrees of belief made by the individual agents assigning those states. This suggests QBism's explicit subjectivity is more in line with practitioners' (Pr) and patient's (Px) implicitly subjective TP experience.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>The objective was to investigate the impact on this suggestion of a gyroscopic model of the vital force, Vf.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Based on an original starting wavefunction for the Vf, a sequence of equations and transformations between them are generated and then interpreted as the Vf interacting with and moving into and out of disease (Dx) states, in essence, a physics of health.</p><p><strong>Results and conclusion: </strong>These equations and their transformations manage to predict (a) homeopathic aggravation from the curative remedy (Rx), and (b) the logic behind Hahnemann's development of the LM potencies. Further, displaying these equations and their interactions pictorially and geometrically (as a stellated octahedron) suggests that the recently developed gyroscopic model for the Vf supports a metaphor for the TP (based on the subjectivity explicit in QBism) that is indeed viable and potentially superior to previous metaphors based on the strong objectivity of CQT.</p>","PeriodicalId":10541,"journal":{"name":"Complementary Medicine Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9862992","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Effect of Prenatal Yoga on Pregnancy-Related Symptoms: A Pilot Quasi-Experimental Study.","authors":"Eda Simsek Sahin, Özlem Can Gürkan","doi":"10.1159/000528801","DOIUrl":"10.1159/000528801","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>In the last decade, yoga has attracted much attention from researchers. Although there are many studies on yoga, research on the effect of prenatal yoga on pregnancy-related symptoms is limited. This study aimed to determine the effect of prenatal yoga on pregnancy-related symptoms.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The study was conducted at antenatal care services between June 2018 and October 2018 in Turkey. Simple random method was used to assign participants to the study arms. The yoga group attended a prenatal yoga program for 60 min once a week for 4 weeks. The control group received routine care. Data were collected before and after the intervention using the Descriptive Characteristics Form and Pregnancy Symptoms Inventory. Data analysis used descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation/standard error, and percentages), χ2, Mann-Whitney, and Wilcoxon tests. Significance was set at p < 0.05.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The study was completed with 70 participants (the yoga group: 35; the control group: 35). The yoga group had a significantly lower posttest Pregnancy Symptoms Inventory Symptom Frequency Total Score than the pretest score (38.42 ± 18.76 vs. 32.77 ± 16.55, p < 0.05). The total score of the yoga group's gastrointestinal, respiratory, and mental health symptoms was reduced after the intervention (respectively, 6.74 ± 4.32 vs. 5.31 ± 3.38; 1.48 ± 1.26 vs. 1.05 ± 1.13; 7.08 ± 4.59 vs. 5.22 ± 3.48, p < 0.05). The yoga group had significantly lower mental health symptom scores than the control group (5.22 ± 3.48 vs. 7.34 ± 4.02, p < 0.05). There was no significant difference between the control group's pretest and posttest Pregnancy Symptoms Inventory Symptom Frequency Scores.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Pregnancy-related symptoms were significantly reduced in the yoga group. It is thought that prenatal yoga may be effective on pregnancy-related symptoms. Yoga can be recommended to cope with pregnancy-related symptoms and support activities of daily living.</p>","PeriodicalId":10541,"journal":{"name":"Complementary Medicine Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10711776/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9869694","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Bioenergy Treatment for Improving Well-Being: A Meta-Analysis.","authors":"Harald Walach,&nbsp;Peter Marmann","doi":"10.1159/000529339","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000529339","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Bioenergy treatment devices for self-treatment with the aim to improve well-being are widely available, have become popular, and are used by a rather large number of persons. Yet, a systematic analysis of the assumed effect of these devices has not yet been conducted. We meta-analyzed eight very similar studies of the Healy device to assess the joint effect size.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Eight studies with similar designs, some active controlled and some wait-list controlled, testing the Healy bioenergy device, were meta-analyzed. They were conducted by the producer of the device for quality assurance and further development of the application. An additional literature search revealed no additional, independent studies.</p><p><strong>Result: </strong>The overall effect size across studies, combining all active arms and averaging outcome measures, is Hedge's g = 0.757 (random effects model, I2 = 85.8; z = 6.57; p < 0.0001). The stronger active intervention against control yields a heterogeneous g = 0.825 (random effects, I2 = 82.5; z = 7.77; p < 0.0001). Active treatments against each other result in a significant g = 0.29 (fixed effects, I2 = 0.0; z = 8.34; p < 0.0001).</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>The highest effect sizes are produced by a measure of coherence, followed by the WHO5 well-being questionnaire, the Perceived Stress Scale, with the Measure Your Own Medical Outcome Profile, resulting in the smallest effect size. Heterogeneity can be partially explained by the type of control, with active control producing smaller and wait-list control producing larger outcomes. Another source of heterogeneity is the sequencing of studies. Effect sizes grew for three studies, which were similar, and then fell and remained very similar for the rest of the studies. A limitation of this analysis is the fact that all studies were conducted by the R and D Department of the producer of the device.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In this meta-analysis, the Healy device showed considerable effects, improving general well-being in healthy individuals. Nonetheless, an independent confirmation of these findings would be desirable. Moreover, the potential mechanisms of effect of the bioenergy device remain unclear, and further studies addressing this research question are warranted.</p>","PeriodicalId":10541,"journal":{"name":"Complementary Medicine Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9874906","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Society Bulletins · Gesellschaftsmitteilungen.","authors":"","doi":"10.1159/000531116","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000531116","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10541,"journal":{"name":"Complementary Medicine Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10231888","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effects of Viktor Philippi's Bioenergetic Meditation on Anxiety, Burnout, and Depression: An Analysis of Four Feasibility Studies.","authors":"Wiebke Lehnert,&nbsp;Julia Günther-Pusch,&nbsp;Rainer Johannes Klement","doi":"10.1159/000528687","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000528687","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Anxiety, burnout, and depression cause a substantial psychological and social burden. Bioenergetic meditation (BM) was developed by Viktor Philippi as a method to strengthen psychological and physical health. This work presents the results of four feasibility studies investigating the effects of BM developed by Viktor Philippi as a support for people suffering from these psychological disorders.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>A total of four prospective, non-randomized feasibility studies were conducted (N1 = 185, N2 = 140, N3 = 33, N4 = 32). Studies 1 and 2 were multicentric studies with a pre-post comparison consisting of 10 BMs within 10 weeks with individual study start and end points. Studies 3 and 4 consisted of 7 BMs within 3 days with a pre-post evaluation and follow-up measurements at 6, 12, and 18 months. The Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II), and Hamburg Burnout Inventory (HBI) were used to measure symptoms of anxiety, depression, and burnout, respectively.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>After 10 BMs within 10 weeks, highly reliable decreases in symptoms of depression occurred in 58-73% of cases (p < 0.005). The median BDI-II score declined significantly by 60% (p < 0.0001) after 10 weeks of BM. Symptoms of anxiety were highly reliably reduced in roughly one-third of cases after 10 weekly BMs, with the average total BAI score declining from a severe to a moderate anxiety (p < 0.0001). The HBI showed significant improvement in all subscales. Psychological symptoms also improved significantly after 7 BMs, and symptom reductions classified as highly reliable were maintained until 18-months follow-up in more than 50% of participants.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>BM results in significant and lasting improvements in clinical symptoms of anxiety, depression, and burnout. Further studies including control groups are necessary to confirm these findings and determine any BM-specific effects.</p>","PeriodicalId":10541,"journal":{"name":"Complementary Medicine Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9345540","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}