The Influence of a Multimodal Health Program with Diet, Art, and Biofield Therapy on the Quality of Life of People in Japan.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate whether the frequency of the practice of each of diet, art, and biofield therapy influences improvement in quality of life (QOL), and to examine whether the simultaneous practice of all three components increasingly improves QOL in a real-world setting.

Design

Pre-post-test design using convenience sampling methods.

Setting

Home setting.

Subjects

A total of 4681 individuals aged 16 years or older who answered the questionnaire appropriately.

Intervention

Participants agreed to practice the three components daily and self-evaluated the frequency of their weekly practice for three consecutive months. At the beginning and end of the study, they completed the MOA quality-of-life questionnaire (10-item MOA quality-of-life questionnair

SUBMITTER: Suzuki K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6437628 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature