Tele-Yoga Therapy for Chronic Pain

Chronic Pain Clinical Trial

Official title:

Tele- Yoga Therapy for Patients With Chronic Pain During Covid-19 Lockdown: A Prospective Non-randomized Single Arm Clinical Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04457388
• Other study ID #: AU/018
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: March 25, 2020
• Est. completion date: June 15, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: July 2020
• Source: Aarogyam UK
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Chronic pain is highly prevalent and associated with a large symptom burden, that is had been more concerning during Covid-19 outbreak and lockdown. Benefits of yoga in chronic pain management are very well known. With this background we developed Tele-Yoga therapy program and evaluated the success of this single arm study.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 18
• Est. completion date: June 15, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: June 15, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 60 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Chronic pain for at least 3 months

• Having access to internet and video calls

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pregnant or breast-feeding women,

• Patients not willing to give written consent

• Patients with severe psychiatric or personality disorder

• Malignancy

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Chronic Pain

Intervention

Other:
• Tele-Yoga Therapy
Yoga practices combining with joint loosening exercises (Sukshma Vyayama), postures (Asana), breathing exercises (Pranayama), relaxation techniques and chanting ( A, U, M, and AUM { ?}) syllable chants meditation. Each session ended with home practice exercises given to the participants to practice everyday.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United Kingdom	Aarogyam UK	Leicester	Leicestershire

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Aarogyam UK

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United Kingdom, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Pain Intensity	visual-analogic scale (VAS), using pain level from "no pain" (0) to "worst imaginable pain" (10)	From baseline to 6-week post intervention
Secondary	Pain Disability	Pain Disability Index (PDI) using seven rating scales, structured in Likert form, from "no disability" (0) to "worst disability" (10)	From baseline to 6-week post intervention
Secondary	Anxiety	Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale, consisting of 7 scales for measuring anxiety levels	From Baseline to 6-week post intervention
Secondary	Depression	Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale, consisting of 7 scales for measuring depression levels	From baseline to 6-week post intervention