Starting from the Mind or the Body in Mind-Body Intervention? A Randomized Controlled Trial on Comparative Effectiveness of Mindfulness Meditation and Qigong on Psychophysiological Outcomes in Colorectal Cancer Patients

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Project Title
Starting from the Mind or the Body in Mind-Body Intervention? A Randomized Controlled Trial on Comparative Effectiveness of Mindfulness Meditation and Qigong on Psychophysiological Outcomes in Colorectal Cancer Patients
Principal Investigator
Professor Ho, Rainbow Tin Hung   (Principal Investigator (PI))
Co-Investigator(s)
Dr Chung Ka Fai   (Co-Investigator)
Professor Ng Siu Man   (Co-Investigator)
Dr Chan Jessie Suet Mui   (Co-Investigator)
Duration
36
Start Date
2016-01-01
Amount
615800
Conference Title
Starting from the Mind or the Body in Mind-Body Intervention? A Randomized Controlled Trial on Comparative Effectiveness of Mindfulness Meditation and Qigong on Psychophysiological Outcomes in Colorectal Cancer Patients
Presentation Title
Keywords
Colorectal cancer, Cortisol, Mindfulness meditation, Qigong, Randomized controlled trial
Discipline
Social Work
Panel
Humanities & Social Sciences (H)
HKU Project Code
17611615
Grant Type
General Research Fund (GRF)
Funding Year
2015
Status
Completed
Objectives
1. Primary objective 1 is to study the effectiveness of Baduanjin qigong and Mindfulness mediation for Chinese colorectal cancer (CRC) patients as compared to a no-intervention control independently on: (1) cancer-related symptoms and symptom distress (2) mental health (3) quality of life (4) biomarkers (5) mindfulness level 2. Primary objective 2 is to examine the commonalities and differential effectiveness between two interventions on: (1) outcome variables (2) magnitude of change (3) pace of change (4) extended compliance 3. Secondary objective is to examine the associations between psychological, physical and psychophysical markers and how those relationships change across the time points.