Using Yogic Breathing to Reduce Stress in Anesthesia Personnel as Measured by Hair Cortisol

Sponsor

Medical University of South Carolina (Other)

Overall Status

Recruiting

CT.gov ID

NCT04858815

Collaborator

(none)

125

Enrollment

Location

Arm

19.5

Anticipated Duration (Months)

6.4

Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

Mind body exercises have long been used as a way for individuals to reduce stress and improve well-being. Recent studies indicate that yogic breathing (YB, also known as pranayama) could potentially impact both the mind and body by engaging both the physiological and neural elements and can thus be a specific tool that can be utilized by healthcare workers to combat burnout and decrease perceived levels of stress. Our aim is to understand and measure both subjectively and objectively the effects of long-term yogic breathing on stress levels in anesthesia personnel. This will be a single arm longitudinal trial designed to evaluate the feasibility and estimate the efficacy of implementing a yogic breathing program for stress reduction among anesthesiology practitioners at one academic medical center. The primary aim of the trial is to estimate the correlation between participant stress with average duration of yogic breathing over time. Secondarily the feasibility of implementing yogic breathing practices among anesthesiology practitioners will be evaluated. Feasibility measures will include recruitment rates, retention at 1year follow-up, and adherence to the yogic breathing program at 12 months.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Stress Burnout, Professional	Behavioral: yogic breathing	N/A

Study Design

Study Type:

Interventional

Anticipated Enrollment :

125 participants

Allocation:

N/A

Intervention Model:

Single Group Assignment

Intervention Model Description:

single arm longitudinal trialsingle arm longitudinal trial

Masking:

None (Open Label)

Primary Purpose:

Treatment

Official Title:

Using Yogic Breathing to Reduce Stress in Anesthesia Personnel as Measured by Hair Cortisol

Actual Study Start Date :

Apr 26, 2021

Anticipated Primary Completion Date :

Dec 10, 2022

Anticipated Study Completion Date :

Dec 10, 2022

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Administration of yogic breathing program This will be a single arm longitudinal trial designed to evaluate the feasibility and estimate the efficacy of implementing a self-administered yogic breathing program for stress reduction among anesthesiology practitioners at one academic medical center.	Behavioral: yogic breathing participation in yogic breathing

Arm

Intervention/Treatment

Experimental: Administration of yogic breathing program

This will be a single arm longitudinal trial designed to evaluate the feasibility and estimate the efficacy of implementing a self-administered yogic breathing program for stress reduction among anesthesiology practitioners at one academic medical center.

Behavioral: yogic breathing

participation in yogic breathing

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

Correlation of participant stress with average duration of yogic breathing over time [baseline & 12 month visit]
The study will estimate the efficacy of self-administered yogic breathing on participant stress over time using (a) cortisol levels measured in hair and (b) using validated survey instruments estimated as the change in stress from baseline to 12 months. The primary measure of efficacy is correlation between cortisol/stress levels with average weekly duration of yogic breathing in minutes.

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

18 Years and Older

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Yes

Inclusion Criteria:

All clinical members of the MUSC anesthesia department (Attending physicians, resident physicians, and CRNAs)

Exclusion Criteria:

Pregnancy (or anticipated pregnancy)
chronic steroid use
inadequate hair length for testing (less than 3cm at the back of the head)
residents with anticipated graduation within the next one year.

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Medical University of South Carolina	Charleston	South Carolina	United States	29425

Sponsors and Collaborators

Medical University of South Carolina

Investigators

Principal Investigator: Grayce Davis, MD, Medical University of South Carolina

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

Responsible Party:

Grayce Davis, Assistant Professor, Medical University of South Carolina

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:

NCT04858815

Other Study ID Numbers:

Pro00105235

First Posted:

Apr 26, 2021

Last Update Posted:

Jun 3, 2022

Last Verified:

Jun 1, 2022

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Burnout, Professional

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Jun 3, 2022