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

• Sponsor: Hiroshima University (Other)
• Overall Status: Completed
• CT.gov ID: NCT02837133
• Collaborator: (none)
• Enrollment: 145
• Arm: 1

Study Details

Study Description

Brief 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.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Yoga	Behavioral: integrated yoga program	Phase 3

Study Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Actual Enrollment: 145 participants
• Allocation: N/A
• Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)
• Study Start Date: Mar 1, 2014
• Actual Primary Completion Date: Dec 1, 2015

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: other techniques group theory and practice of pair massage with tapping, stretching of the ankle and neck, and autogenic training	Behavioral: integrated yoga program; the program as a one-time session for 3 hours as a component of a Stress Management Education program

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. Change of scores on the Subjective Units of Distress (SUD) scale [1) immediately after the subjects arrived at the facility (baseline) and 2) immediately after the intervention]

   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.

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 20 Years and Older
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

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

Contacts and Locations

Locations

No locations specified.

Sponsors and Collaborators

• Hiroshima University

Investigators

None specified.

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• Responsible Party: Hitoshi Okamura, Professor, Institute of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02837133
• Other Study ID Numbers: HiroshimaU
• First Posted: Jul 19, 2016
• Last Update Posted: Jul 19, 2016
• Last Verified: Jul 1, 2016

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Jul 19, 2016