Non-Medication Methods to Relieve Adolescents with Somatoform Disorders

Launched by ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE - HÔPITAUX DE PARIS · Mar 4, 2025

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ClinConnect Summary

This clinical trial is exploring how Tai Chi and relaxation techniques can help teenagers aged 12 to 19 who experience chronic somatoform disorders. These disorders involve physical symptoms, like pain or headaches, that don't have a clear medical cause. Many adolescents with these issues often visit doctors frequently, miss school, and struggle with their relationships. The hope is that practicing Tai Chi, a gentle movement and meditation practice, will reduce their symptoms, pain, and anxiety, while improving their overall well-being and quality of life.

To participate in the study, teens must be between 12 and 19 years old and have unexplained physical complaints. They should be able to understand instructions and be physically capable of doing Tai Chi. The trial will last five weeks, during which participants will attend Tai Chi sessions, and researchers will track changes in their symptoms, pain levels, and quality of life. This study aims to provide new, non-medical ways to support adolescents facing these challenging disorders, and it will take place at the Trousseau Hospital's adolescent medicine unit.

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Eligibility criteria

• nclusion Criteria:
• • Adolescents aged between 12 and 19 years
• • Somatic or somatoform complaints
• • Understanding of instructions as assessed by the investigator
• • Physically able to practice Tai Chi
• • Patients/parents informed and not opposed to the research
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Inability to participate in a group as assessed by the investigator Refusal to participate Any difficulty in understanding or reading French that may prevent the execution of the protocol, as assessed by the investigator Patient deprived of liberty or under judicial protection (guardianship, curatorship, legal safeguard)