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NCT07736599

Overview

NCT ID: NCT07736599
Lead Sponsor: Hitit UniversityOTHER
Official Title: Examining the Effects of Basic Body Awareness Therapy on Quality of Life, Pain, Work Stress, and Eating Attitudes in Adult Individuals
Brief Summary: This study will examine the effects of a 10-week Basic Body Awareness Therapy (BBAT) program on pain, work-related stress, quality of life, and eating attitudes in healthy adults working at a university. Twenty participants aged 25-55 will be randomly assigned to either an intervention group, receiving one BBAT group session per week for 12 weeks, or a control group, receiving no intervention during the same period.

Participants in both groups will be assessed before and after the 10-week period using validated scales: the Visual Analog Scale and McGill Pain Questionnaire for pain, the Job Content Questionnaire (work stress scale) for work-related stress, the Short Form-36 for quality of life, and the Eating Attitudes Test-26 for eating attitudes. In addition, participants in the intervention group will keep a session-by-session exercise diary, and their written reflections will be used to provide qualitative insight into how they experienced the intervention, complementing the quantitative results. This combination of quantitative and qualitative data collection is intended to provide both statistical evidence and a richer understanding of participants' experiences with the therapy.

Status and Timeline

Status: Active, not recruiting
Last Update Posted: Aug 3, 2026Actual
Start Date: Jul 1, 2025Actual
Primary Completion Date: Jun 30, 2026Actual
Completion Date

Participation Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study: Adult (18-64)
Sexes Eligible for Study: All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Yes
Eligibility Criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

Employed as academic staff at Amasya University

Not currently participating in a regular structured exercise program (e.g., yoga, pilates)

Exclusion Criteria:

Diagnosed chronic illness

Regular use of medication

Missing two consecutive weekly sessions during the study (applies to -intervention group; results in withdrawal)

Beginning another treatment program during the study period

Study Plan

Study Type: Interventional
Phase: Not Applicable
Enrollment: 20Actual
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Allocation: Randomized
Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single

Contacts and Locations

Central Contacts: No data available
Locations: Amasya University

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Participant Group/Arms

Basic Body Awareness Therapy (BBAT)Experimental

Participants in this arm will receive one 60-minute Basic Body Awareness Therapy group session per week for 10 weeks, conducted in a university exercise room. Sessions include supine awareness and breath-focused exercises, midline awareness, symmetric/asymmetric/star-shaped stretches, breath-coordinated movement, seated balance exercises, standing weight-shift and rhythmic movement exercises, rotational coordination, wave-like movement, pushing exercises, walking exercises, "cat walk" massage, and closing meditation. Participants will complete a structured exercise diary after each session.

Behavioral: Basic Body Awareness Therapy (BBAT)

ControlNo Intervention

Participants in this arm will not receive any intervention during the 12-week study period. They will undergo the same baseline and post-study (week 12) assessments as the intervention group, without participating in BBAT sessions or keeping an exercise diary.