Healthy University Bern Through Yoga - A Worksite Wellness Intervention

Healthy Clinical Trial

Official title:

Healthy University Bern Through Yoga - A Worksite Wellness Intervention

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05101226
• Other study ID #: Healthy UB through Yoga
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: October 1, 2021
• Est. completion date: June 30, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: November 2021
• Source: University of Bern
• Contact: Lara Schmid, Bsc Sport Science
• Phone: +41 79 592 98 97
• Email: lara.schmid1[@]students.unibe.ch
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study aims to research the effect of a 8-week long worksite yoga intervention on the perceived health of the University of Bern employees. Furthermore, in light of the current transition to online options, this study will compare the effects of yoga classes attended in person to those attended online.

Description:

After giving informed consent, the participants of the study will be randomly assigned to the intervention or waiting list control group. The intervention group will take part in a 8-week long yoga program before the christmas break, while the waiting list control group will receive the same intervention at the beginning of the new year. For both time periods the participants will be randomly assigned to the in person or the online group.

There will be four measurement times when all the participants will be asked to fill out an online questionnaire before and after both implementations of the intervention. The questionnaires include demographic data, perceived health (SF-8), perceived stress (PSS), well-being (BIT), physical activity questionaire (Godin Leisure-Time Exercise Questionnaire) as well as a questionnaire concerning the satisfaction of the intervention after the participants have actively taken part in the yoga intervention.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 60
• Est. completion date: June 30, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: March 31, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Employee of the University of Bern

• Understanding German

• Ability to participate in 8 yoga classes

Exclusion Criteria:

-

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Healthy

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Yoga attended in person
One or two weekly yoga classes taught and attended in person with a duration of 60 minutes each. The participants can chose if they want to attend one or both classes. The classes will start with a 10 minute Warm Up and a short Meditation, 10 minutes Sun Salutations, 15 minutes standing Asanas, 15 minutes sitting and lying Asanas and 10 minutes Shavasanah and Meditation.
• Yoga attended online
One or two weekly yoga classes taught and attended online with a duration of 60 minutes each. The participants can chose if they want to attend one or both classes. The classes will start with a 10 minute Warm Up and a short Meditation, 10 minutes Sun Salutations, 15 minutes standing Asanas, 15 minutes sitting and lying Asanas and 10 minutes Shavasanah and Meditation.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Switzerland	Institute of Sport and Sportscience, University of Bern	Bern

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Bern

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Switzerland, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in perceived health	Perceived health measured with the SF-8 before the intervention and at the end of the intervention. Questionnaire used: Short Form Health Survey, 8 Items, scores range between 0 and 100, higher score means better perceived health (= good)	8 weeks
Primary	Change in perceived stress	Perceived stress measured with the PSS before the intervention and at the end of the intervention. Questionnaire used: PSS-10, 10 items, scores range between 10 and 50, higher scores mean higher levels of stress (= bad)	8 weeks
Primary	Change in well-being	Well-being measured with the BIT before the intervention and at the end of the intervention. Questionnaire used: Brief Inventory of Thriving (BIT), 10 items, scores range between 10 and 50, higher scores mean a higher level of well-being (= good)	8 weeks
Secondary	Stability of change in perceived health	Perceived health measured with the SF-8 before the intervention and at the end of the intervention and at the follow up. Questionnaire used: Short Form Health Survey, 8 Items, scores range between 0 and 100, higher score means better perceived health (= good)	12 weeks
Secondary	Stability of change in perceived stress	Perceived stress measured with the PSS before the intervention and at the end of the intervention and at the follow up. Questionnaire used: PSS-10, 10 items, scores range between 10 and 50, higher scores mean higher levels of stress (= bad)	12 weeks
Secondary	Stability of change in well-being	Well-being measured with the Brief Inventory of Thriving (BIT) before the intervention and at the end of the intervention and at the follow up. Questionnaire used: Brief Inventory of Thriving (BIT), 10 items, scores range between 10 and 50, higher scores mean a higher level of well-being (= good)	12 weeks