A New Educational Film Control for Use in Studies of Active Mind-Body Therapies: Acceptability and Feasibility.
Objectives: The study objectives were to ascertain whether a novel educational film class is an acceptable and feasible comparison group for a randomized controlled trial regarding the effects of an active mind-body therapy on cardiovascular disease risk in postmenopausal women. Methods: Seventy-fiv...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Alternative & Complementary Medicine Vol. 17; no. 5; pp. 453 - 459 |
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| Formato: | research tables/charts randomized controlled trial Journal Article |
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Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
May2011
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=104706958&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 104706958 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 10755535 C1G jtl: Journal of Alternative & Complementary Medicine issn: 10755535 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: May2011 vid: 17 iid: 5 pid: 1365 pub: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. place: New Rochelle, New York artinfo: ui: 104706958 60687608 60687608 10.1089/acm.2010.0401 NLM21554109 104706958 ppf: 453 ppct: 6 formats: tig: atl: A New Educational Film Control for Use in Studies of Active Mind-Body Therapies: Acceptability and Feasibility. aug: au: Innes, Kim E. Selfe, Terry Kit Alexander, Gina K. Taylor, Ann Gill affil: Center for the Study of Complementary and Alternative Therapies, , Charlottesville, VA.; Present address: Department of Community Medicine, , Morgantown, WV. sug: subj: Cardiovascular Risk Factors Prevention and Control Health Education Methods Videorecording Utilization Yoga Human Female Postmenopause Women's Health Funding Source Random Assignment Intervention Trials Descriptive Statistics Research Dropouts Pretest-Posttest Design Consumer Attitudes Evaluation Mind Body Techniques Pilot Studies Middle Age Aged Aged, 80 and Over Body Mass Index Evaluation Power Analysis Insulin Resistance Body Weights and Measures Questionnaires Support, Psychosocial Data Analysis Software Chi Square Test T-Tests Mann-Whitney U Test One-Way Analysis of Variance Middle Aged: 45-64 years Aged: 65+ years Aged, 80 & over Female ab: Objectives: The study objectives were to ascertain whether a novel educational film class is an acceptable and feasible comparison group for a randomized controlled trial regarding the effects of an active mind-body therapy on cardiovascular disease risk in postmenopausal women. Methods: Seventy-five (75) participants attended a baseline assessment visit and were randomly assigned to either a yoga group or an educational film (control) group. Both groups attended two 90-minute classes/week for 8 weeks, followed by a second assessment visit. Those not attending the second assessment were classified as dropouts. Over 60 films covering a range of topics relevant to the study population were evaluated; 15 were selected by consensus of at least 2 researchers and 1 layperson. Each film session followed the same format: an informal greeting period, viewing of the film, and a 15-minute postfilm discussion. To determine acceptability and feasibility of the film class, potential between-group differences in dropout and attendance were examined, and participant feedback given during class and on end-of-study questionnaires were evaluated. Results: The relation between group assignment and dropout was not significant (χ2 [1, N = 75] = 0.14, p = 0.71). One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) indicated no significant between-group difference in number of classes attended for the yoga (X = 13.67 ± 3.10) versus film group (13.26 ± 1.97), F(1,63) = 0.39, p = 0.53). Participant feedback regarding the film program was positive. Conclusions: These findings support the feasibility and acceptability of this educational film control. Easy to standardize and tailor to a variety of populations, this film program may offer an attractive alternative to the more traditional educational control. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts randomized controlled trial Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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