Yoga Intervention for Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder

N/AEnrolling By InvitationNCT04634175

University of Sao Paulo General Hospital60 enrolled

Overview

Yoga intervention as a complementary and integrative treatment for compulsive sexual behavior disorder (CSBD). The hypothesis is that participants with CSBD, after being submitted to the protocol of the yoga intervention group in relation to those submitted to the intervention protocol Shan of the control group, present less severe sexual compulsiveness.

Yoga intervention practice as a complementary and integrative treatment for compulsive sexual behavior disorder (CSBD), a randomized clinical trial, in a sample of male individuals who spontaneously seek treatment at the Psychiatry Institute of Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo. The volunteers with CSBD will be randomized by statistical software in two groups, yoga intervention practice and Shan intervention practice, to participate in a twelve-week program of daily practices of the mind-body practices protocol. The participants will be evaluated by measuring instruments at time 1 (4th week), time 2 (8th week) and time 3 (12th week). The primary objective of the study is to investigate the effectiveness of yoga intervention practice in decreasing the symptoms (sexual compulsiveness) of the CSBD. The secondary objectives of the study are to investigate the effectiveness of the yoga intervention practice in reducing the severity of impulsivity, hypersexuality, anxiety, depression, improving the level of quality of life, and increasing adherence to total treatment.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

QUADRUPLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Compulsive Sexual Behavior

Interventions

Yoga interventionBEHAVIORAL

The yoga intervention is composed of kundalini yoga techniques.

Sham interventionBEHAVIORAL

The sham intervention is composed of stretching and muscle flexion techniques.

Eligibility

Sex: MALEMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: 1. They must have a minimum score of 28 on the Sexual Compulsiveness Scale (range 10 - 40) or a minimum score of 20 on the Screening Inventory of Hypersexual Disorder (range 0 - 28) and a minimum score of 14 on the Beck Anxiety Inventory (range of 0 - 63); 2. Male; 3. Being Brazilian; 4. Literate in Brazilian Portuguese; 5. Have a satisfactory cognitive level to understand and respond to self-responsive inventories; 6. Have availability to participate in a daily mind-body Intervention program for 12 weeks. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Individuals who meeting the criteria for Substance-Related Disorder and Addictive Disorders (DSM-5, 483); 2. Individuals who meeting the criteria for Paraphilic Disorders (DSM-5, 685); 3. Individuals who meeting the criteria for Gender Dysphoria (DSM-5, 451); 4. Individuals who meeting the criteria for Spectrum of Schizophrenia and other Psychotic Disorders (DSM-5, 87); 5. Individuals who meeting the criteria for Hypomanic or Manic Episode of Mood Disorder (DSM-5, 123); 6. Individuals who meeting the criteria for Neurocognitive Disorders (DSM-5, 591); 7. Individuals who meeting the criteria for Other Mental Disorders (DSM-5, 707); 8. Individuals who have already have practiced kundalini yoga; 9. Individuals who use psychiatric medication and cannot maintain the stability and regularity of the dosage three months before and during the intervention program; 10. Individuals who have attended psychotherapy in the last six months in weekly sessions and with at least 75% attendance; 11. Individuals who have significant spinal problems and / or physical limitations that may interfere with yoga practice, for example, overweight, severe lung and / or cardiovascular disease.

Locations (1)

Instituto de Psiquiatria do Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade de São Paulo[University of Sao Paulo General Hospital]

São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Sexual Compulsivity Scale (SCS)

Changes in the total score of Sexual Compulsivity Scale, the scores vary between 10 and 40, with the highest ones indicating greater sexual compulsiveness.