Energy Therapy and Meditation For Sleep Difficulties
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Energy Therapy and Meditation Based Practice to alleviate sleep difficulties in Adolescents and Young Persons with Liver disease and Liver transplantation.
IRAS ID
286515
Contact name
Anil Dhawan
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Kings College Hospital
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
IRAS number, 286515
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 5 months, 2 days
Research summary
Sleep difficulties have been identified as one of the most distressing symptoms for adolescents with chronic liver disease (CLD), autoimmune liver disease(AILD) and liver transplantation(LT), sleep difficulties have a direct negative impact on quality of life.The underlying pathophysiological mechanisms for this are complex.
In addition adolescents with chronic illness tend to have a higher rate of mental health problems than the general population. The complexity of sleep deprivation, fatigue, stress and anxiety, may well all be contributory factors to these patients having poor adherence to their medication. This in turn has a negative impact on the success of their tissue graft or indeed increases the likelihood for transplant surgery.
Due to the risks of medication toxicity and dependancy, there is a need for further research to address the issues of insomnia and stress and anxiety with a non pharmacological approach for these adolescent chronically ill patients.
Meditation Based Practice(MBP) and Energy Therapies(ET) such as acupuncture have gained robust scientific evidence over the last 20 years to demonstrate their efficacy for patients with insomnia, stress and anxiety.
This study aims to demonstrate the benefits of a non touch energy therapy(ET) and a meditation based practice(MBP) to relieve symptoms of insomnia, stress and anxiety in adolescents with CLD,AILD and LT. The participants will be 16- 24 years old. The intervention will have 3 groups, Treatment as usual TA, MBP and ET.The intervention will be for 8 weeks with the MBP and ET group each receiving 1 hour of therapy each week for 8 weeks. The data will be collected with questionnaires and actigraph wrist devices.
All participants will be patients registered and treated at Kings College Hospital, Paediatric Liver, GI and Nutrition Centre.REC name
London - Dulwich Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
21/LO/0149
Date of REC Opinion
31 Mar 2021
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion