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NCT Number: NCT00170365

Restorative Yoga for Stress Management

The study examined Restorative Yoga as a method of stress reduction for the HFA Addiction Medicine Clinic staff volunteers.

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Key information

Conditions

Stress Anxiety Anxiety Disorders Mental Disorders

Age range

21 year–70 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Hennepin Faculty Associates/ Hennepin County Medica Center

Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55415, United States

About this study

The purpose of this study is to determine if there is a perceived benefit from adding a restorative yoga class as a method of stress reduction for the HFA Addiction Medicine Clinic staff. Working in a busy clinic can be very stressful. While it is not always possible to completely eliminate stress from our lives, it is known that stress reduction techniques help to diminish the negative consequences of stress. This study was designed to answer the following question "How much change in perceived stress is obtained through weekly Restorative Yoga sessions?" Study population were members of the HFA Addiction Medicine Clinic. All staff completed the Spielberger Job Stress Survey and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory at baseline and at six months following intervention onset. Volunteers from the Addiction Medicine Clinic attended weekly restorative yoga sessions 45 minutes in length held over the noon hour. Serial State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and weekly questionnaire regarding the perceived effects of the restorative yoga on aspects fo patient care were completed by study volunteers.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • member of HFA Addiction Medicine Clinic staff
  • willing to participate in the restorative yoga sessions and to complete study instruments

Exclusion criteria

  • unwilling to participate in the restorative ygoa sessions (assigned then to the control group)

Treatment and study plan

Restorative Yoga

Behavioral

Primary outcomes

  1. The primary outcome measurement were the Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory scores.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Secondary measurements were :

  2. -number of sessions attended

  3. -results of restorative yoga questionnaire on patient care and stress levels

  4. -results of Job Stress Survey

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute

Other

Collaborators

  • Hennepin Faculty Associates

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2004
Study completion
2005
First posted
Sep 15, 2005
Registry last updated
Sep 14, 2016

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