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Effect of Tao Calligraphy Meditation and Energized Water on Depression
Led by Sha Research Foundation · Updated on 2026-04-28
50
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
256 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The goal of this controlled randomized clinical study is to learn if a Tao Calligraphy Mindfulness and Energized water Practice works to improve Unipolar Depression. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does Tao Calligraphy Mindfulness practice and drinking Energized water improve the subjective symptoms of Unipolar Depression in adults? * Does Tao Calligraphy Mindfulness practice and drinking Energized water improve the clinical symptoms and signs of Unipolar Depression in adults? * Will any improvement in the John Ware's SF-36 Quality of Life questionnaire, in the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ) -9 and in the Beckman Anxiety Inventory (BAI) -21 in adults be statistically significant? Investigators will compare the values of these three scales at the beginning of the mindfulness and energized water practices to their values at six weeks of practice and control groups. Participants will: * be randomized into practice and control groups * complete the set of three questionnaires upon entry into the study - (the baseline or zero time point; at the 6-weeks time point, and at the 12-weeks time point * practice the mindfulness techniques with Tao Calligraphy for a minimum of thirty minutes daily and energized water practice for a minimum of five minutes daily.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Effect of Tao Calligraphy Meditation and Energized Water on Depression
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Age 19 and over with a primary diagnosis of unipolar depression by a licensed physician according to ICD-10 criteria
- Willingness and ability to comply with data collection requirements
- Submission of informed consent and consent to release information before entering the study
- Willingness to allow use of data for research and publication by Sha Research Foundation
- Willingness to practice daily mindfulness exercises for at least 30 minutes and follow study protocol
You will not qualify if you...
- Not meeting any of the inclusion criteria
- Diagnosis of bipolar disorder or schizophrenia (psychosis)
- Treatment with highly potent neuroleptics
- Unwillingness to participate in data collection
- Inability to follow the daily mindfulness practice regimen
- Pregnant or nursing; participants who become pregnant during the study must stop participation
- Serious mental disorders such as schizophrenia
- No exclusion based on origin, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, disability, sexual orientation, religion, or spiritual practices
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Satori Family Wellness Center
Kahului, Hawaii, United States, 96732
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
P
Peter Hudoba De Badyn, MD, FRCS,
CONTACT
C
Cynthia Hamilton, PhD
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
CROSSOVER
Primary Purpose
OTHER
Number of Arms
2
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