一个随机对照试验社区交付加热的哈萨中度至重度抑郁症
Maren B Nyer1,2,3, Lindsey B Hopkins4, Megha Nagaswami1
1Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
The Journal of clinical psychiatry
|October 26, 2023
概括
在一项随机对照试验中,加热显著降低了抑郁症症状. 这种干预是可行的,可以接受的,并且在治疗抑郁症方面表现出初步的有效性.
科学领域:
- 心理健康 心理健康
- 补充和替代医学 补充和替代医学
- 临床试验 临床试验
背景情况:
- 抑郁症是一种普遍的情绪障碍,需要有效的治疗选择.
- 现有的抑郁症治疗方法有局限性,需要探索新的干预措施.
- 加热是一种在加热环境中炼的形式,具有潜在的治疗益处.
研究的目的:
- 评估热对中度至重度抑郁症患者的可行性和可接受性.
- 评估加热在减轻抑郁症症状方面的初步疗效,与等候名单对照相比.
主要方法:
- 一项为期8周的随机对照试验 (RCT) 将加热与等候名单对照组进行比较.
- 组的参与者每周参加两次课程.
- 抑郁症症状严重程度使用抑郁症症状库存-临床医生评级 (IDS-CR) 尺度进行测量.
主要成果:
- 总共有65名参与者 (33名,32名等候名单) 被纳入分析.
- 与等待名单组相比,加热组从基线到8周的IDS-CR得分显著降低 (Cohen d=1.04,P<.001).
- 超过59%的参与者在临床上显著减少了抑郁症状,而等候名单组的这一比例为6.3%.
结论:
- 加热对于中度至重度抑郁症患者来说是一种可行的和可接受的干预措施.
- 初步的疗效表明,加热可以显著减少抑郁症症状.
- 需要对活跃对照组进行进一步的研究来证实这些发现.
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