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NCT Number: NCT07681765

A Psychomotor Group Intervention for Young Adults With Anxiety Symptoms

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a psychomotor (a body-oriented therapy) group intervention can be feasibly delivered to a group of young adults (age 18-35) with anxiety symptoms within a higher educational setting.

The main questions it aims to answer are:

* Is it possible to recruit and retain participants in this intervention? * Is the intervention acceptable and tolerable to participants? * Do participants complete the planned sessions and assessments?

Participants will:

* Attend one weekly group session over ten consecutive weeks * Participate in active and contemplative body-based exercises * Complete questionnaires about their mental health and interviews about their experiences of participating

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Key information

Conditions

Anxiety Anxiety Disorders Feasibility Studies Interoception Interoceptive Awareness Mental Disorders Stress and Anxiety The Focus of the Study is Feasibility Measures Such as Recruitment, Retention, Fidelity, and Acceptability

Age range

18 year–34 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

VIA University College

Aarhus, Region Midt, 8200, Denmark

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Age between 18 and 34 years
  • A score of at least 2 on item 10 of the Anxiety Symptom Scale (indicating the perceived strain of the experienced anxiety symptoms) and at least 1 on one or more of items 1-3 (generalized anxiety symptoms and avoidance behavior)
  • Sufficient Danish language proficiency to participate in group sessions and interviews

Exclusion criteria

  • Physical or psychological conditions that prevents participation in group-based or bodily-activities, such as significant musculoskelatal impairment or current, untreated episodes of psychosis
  • Ongoing alcohol or substance abuse
  • Concurrent participation in another body-oriented intervention program

Treatment and study plan

Ten weekly psychomotor therapy group sessions

Behavioral

Ten weekly sessions of a psychomotor therapy group program. Session duration: 2½ hours. Group size: 12 participants. Sessions include psychoeducational content and body-oriented exercises such as breathing exercises, relaxation exercises, body scans, or grounding exercises.

Primary outcomes

  1. Number of participants recruited

    Time frame: For each participant: 20 minutes during the three month enrollment period.

    Enrollment during a three month period from June 2025 to September 2025. Enrollment interview was approximately 20 minutes. Participants had the option of attending a one hour information meeting.

  2. Number of participants retained

    Time frame: From enrollment to end of intervention at 11 weeks

  3. Attendance

    Time frame: From beginning of intervention to end of intervention at 11 weeks

    Number of participants attending each of the ten weekly sessions

  4. Acceptability to participants

    Time frame: Post intervention at 12 weeks

    Evaluated through qualitative interviews with a duration of 45-60 minutes

  5. Fidelity of the intervention

    Time frame: From beginning of intervention to end of intervention at 11 weeks

    The extent to which intervention components were administered as intended. This was registered by an observer who registered any deviations from a therapy manual.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Changes in Beck Anxiety Inventory

    Time frame: Baseline and post-intervention at 11 weeks

    21 items rated on a four-point Likert scale with scores ranging rom 0 (no anxiety) to 21 (worst possible anxiety)

  2. Changes in Perceived Stress Scale

    Time frame: Baseline and post-intervention at 11 weeks

    Ten items rated on a five-point Likert scale with scores ranging from 0 (no stress) - 40 (maximum stress)

  3. Changes i WHO-Five Well-Being Index

    Time frame: Baseline and post-intervention at 11 weeks

    A five-item measure rated on a six-point Likert scale with scores ranging from 0 (worst possible well-being) to 100 (maximum well-being)

  4. Changes in Multiple Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness

    Time frame: Baseline and post-intervention at 11 weeks

    Body awareness measured through 32 items across eight subscales rated on a six-point Likert scale, reported as mean scores on each subscale (range 0-5)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

VIA University College

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Registry information

Official study title

Development and Feasibility of a Group-based Psychomotor Intervention for Anxiety in Young Adults

Important dates

Study start
2025
Primary completion
2025
Study completion
2025
First posted
Jul 2, 2026
Registry last updated
Jul 2, 2026

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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