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NCT Number: NCT01168648

Yoga for Stress Management in Health Care Personnel

The purpose of this study is to investigate if yoga can be an effective stress management technique for health care personnel.

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Key information

Conditions

Yoga Behavior Behavioral Symptoms Stress, Physiological Stress, Psychological

Age range

18 year–65 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Center for Family and Community Medicine, KI

Huddinge, Stockholm County, 141 83, Sweden

About this study

Stress, both job related and personal, is an increasing problem in the health care sector. Yoga is said to have a good stress-reducing effect.

The participants will provide blood, urine, and saliva samples. They will take part in two different stress tests. They will also fill in various qualitative questionnaires, including the Swedish questionnaire on health related quality of life (SWEDQUAL), Antonovsky's sense of coherence scale (KASAM), and the Job stress survey (JSS), both before the study starts and after 3 months of participation.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • BMI 18-30
  • healthy
  • work in the health care sector

Exclusion criteria

  • medication, including contraceptives and all medications or topical skin preparations with cortisone in any form (exception: hormone replacement therapy for hypothyroidism were included if their hormone levels were within the normal range)

Treatment and study plan

Yoga as stress management

Behavioral

Yoga specially designed to reduce stress is practiced for approximately 30 minutes at least three times a week for three months, once in a group session led by a trained yoga instructor and twice or more at home. The yoga techniques used are physical postures or movements, meditation and breathing exercises. Every time they do the techniques, participants fill in a form detailing how they feel before and after and providing information on the experience of doing the exercises.

Other names: Asanas(physical postures or movements), Pranayama (breathing exercises), Meditation

Rest without using any relaxation technique

Other

The participants rest at home at least 30 minutes, at least three times a week for three months and without using any relaxation technique

Primary outcomes

  1. Reduced cortisol secretion

    Time frame: Three months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Reduced stress measured by qualitative questionnaires (SWEQUAL, JSS, KASAM)

    Time frame: Three months

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Karolinska Institutet

Other

Collaborators

  • Ekhaga Foundation Stockholm Sweden
  • Region Stockholm

Registry information

Official study title

Yoga for Stress Management in Health Care Personnel and Its Relation to the Hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal(HPA)Axis

Important dates

Study start
2003
Primary completion
2005
Study completion
2005
First posted
Jul 23, 2010
Registry last updated
Jul 23, 2010

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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