Effects of a Single Session of Integrated Yoga Therapy Compared With Other Relaxation Techniques

Yoga Clinical Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02837133
• Other study ID #: HiroshimaU
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• First received: July 7, 2016
• Last updated: July 14, 2016
• Start date: March 2014

Study information

• Verified date: July 2016
• Source: Hiroshima University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Japan: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Typically a course of yoga therapy for stress management takes place over a week, however, investigators are often asked to provide a single session for workers. The aim of this study is to assess the benefits of a single session of an integrated yoga program compared with other relaxation techniques for the staff of schools.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 145
• Est. primary completion date: December 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 20 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• school staff members, including school managers, teachers, school nurses, school office workers, nutritionists and cooks

• volunteers attending a stress management workshop

Exclusion Criteria:

• those who had any previous experience of practicing yoga or any relaxation procedures

Study Design

Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Yoga

Intervention

Behavioral:
• integrated yoga program
the program as a one-time session for 3 hours as a component of a Stress Management Education program

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Hiroshima University

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change of scores on the Subjective Units of Distress (SUD) scale	SUD is a scale of 0 (comfort) to 10 (discomfort) for measuring the subjective intensity of disturbance or distress currently experienced by an individual covering both physical and mental aspects.	1) immediately after the subjects arrived at the facility (baseline) and 2) immediately after the intervention	Yes