Role of Yoga in deStressing HCWs in COVID-19 : A RCT

Not yet recruiting

Brief Summary: We are planning to study - The role of Yoga in de stressing health care personnel during COVID 19 pandemic-A Randomised control trial from a tertiary care centre in North India. Actually COVID-19 has created an unprecedented situation to mankind and has challenged the limits of health care system; more so health care providers are stretched to their limits physically as well as psychologically. We are putting an effort to assess stress levels in Health care providers during the current COVID-19 pandemic and trying to establish role of Yoga in improving immunity, thus helping health care workers who are already in much stress from risk of contracting infectious disease, COVID 19. This is a randomised controlled study with a passive control arm. The experimental group would be periodically given guided Yoga-based intervention, and support material for daily self-practice. The guided sessions would be conducted in online mode. Pre and post measurements of psychological parameters such as stress, anxiety, depression and physiological parameters such as blood pressure variability and heart rate variability will be taken for both the groups to perform a comparative assessment.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria

All healthy health care personnels involved in care during COVID 19 pandemic.

Exclusion Criteria

Pregnancy 2.
Immunocompromised 3.
Patients suffering from any chronic illness e.g. Heart, Lung, Liver, Kidney ailments and any chronic systemic disease.
4.Musculoskeletal disease 5.
Individuals with acute Illness within past 01 month which is not evaluated.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Psychological measures: anxiety (GAD 7), positive and negative affect (PANAS) and trait of worry (PSWQ).	03 months
Self-efficacy	03 months
Team efficacy : Confidence about being able to handle the COVID-19 crisis as a team (through questionnaire)	03 months
Health: General health, Mental health and Vitality	03 months
Job Satisfaction	03 months
Physiological measures : Heart rate variability(time and Frequency domain) and Baroreflex sensitivity	03 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Knowledge and attitude (wilingness to serve) towards COVID-19 (through questionnaire)	03 months

Locations (1): AIIMS Rishikesh
🇮🇳
Dehradun, UTTARANCHAL, India
AIIMS Rishikesh
🇮🇳Dehradun, UTTARANCHAL, India
Prof ravi Kant
Principal investigator
9868218536
dir@aiimsrishikesh.edu.in