Restorative Yoga for Stress Management

• Sponsor: Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute (Other)
• Overall Status: Completed
• CT.gov ID: NCT00170365
• Collaborator: Hennepin Faculty Associates (Other)
• Enrollment: 30
• Location: 1
• Duration (Months): 8
• Patients Per Site Per Month: 3.8

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

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

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Stress; Anxiety	Behavioral: Restorative Yoga	N/A

Detailed Description

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.

Study Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Allocation: Non-Randomized
• Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)
• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Official Title: Restorative Yoga for Stress Management
• Study Start Date: Jul 1, 2004
• Study Completion Date: Mar 1, 2005

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

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

Secondary Outcome Measures

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 []

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 21 Years to 70 Years
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

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)

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Hennepin Faculty Associates/ Hennepin County Medica Center	Minneapolis	Minnesota	United States	55415

Sponsors and Collaborators

• Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute
• Hennepin Faculty Associates

Investigators

• Principal Investigator: Kathleen M Wesa, M.D., Hennepin Faculty Associates/ Hennepin County Meical Center

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00170365
• Other Study ID Numbers: HSR-04-2412
• First Posted: Sep 15, 2005
• Last Update Posted: Sep 14, 2016
• Last Verified: Sep 1, 2016

• Keywords provided by , ,: Stress; Yoga

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Sep 14, 2016