Group Qigong for Adolescent Inpatients with Anorexia Nervosa: Incentives and Barriers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Qigong is a mind-body intervention focusing on interoceptive awareness that appears to be a promising approach in anorexia nervosa (AN). In 2008, as part of our multidimensional treatment program for adolescent inpatients with AN, we began a weekly qigong workshop that turned out to be popular among our adolescent patients. Moreover psychiatrists perceived clinical benefits that deserved further exploration.

Methods and findings

A qualitative study therefore sought to obtain a deeper understanding of how young patients with severe AN experience qigong and to determine the incentives and barriers to adherence to qigong, to understanding its meaning, and to applying it in other contexts. Data were collected through 16 individual semi-structured face-to-face intervie

SUBMITTER: Gueguen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5289494 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature