Yoga and its effects on Medically Unexplained Physical Symptoms(pain)

Phase 2

Completed

Conditions: Pain predominant medically unexplained physical symptoms (MUPS)with Persistent pain (at least three months)which is not explained by any underlying medical condition.Initial PHQ score more than 18

Lead Sponsor: Supported by Department of Medicine and Centre for Integrative Medicine and Research

Brief Summary: This project is a randomized clinical trial to assess the efficacy of yoga on symptom severity and quality of life of patients suffering from Pain Predominant Medically Unexplained Physical Symptoms (with PHQ15>18 and pain lasting for more than 3months). After ruling out any underlying psychiatric illness Patients will be randomised into 2 groups with 1st group receiving only standard pharmacological interventions and the second group receiving yoga(for 12 weeks) in addition to pharmacological interventions. Patients baseline characteristics will be recorded using PHQ15(for severity of physical symptoms) , WHODAS and WHOQOL BREF(Quality of life and disability) and the same will be compared post intervention at 6weeks and 12weeks.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria

Patients diagnosed with pain predominant medically unexplained physical symptoms (MUPS) with age group of 18- 60 years attending the OPD 2.Persistent pain (at least three months, continuously on most days) severe and distressing pain, in any part of the body.
Patients with initial PHQ score of at least 18 4.
Residing within Delhi NCR and willing to follow up as per protocol 5.
Willing to give written consent for participation in the study.

Exclusion Criteria

Age<18 years 2.Not suffering from any major psychiatric illness.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Reduction in PHQ-15 scores from recorded baseline 2. Reduction in the WHODAS 2.0 score from recorded baseline 3. Improvement in WHOQOL score from previously recorded baseline	Follow up with scoring questionnaires will be done on 6weeks and at 12weeks.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
To assess socioeconomic correlates of the patients with medically unexplained physical symptoms .	Data recorded at baseline but analysed at the end of the study independent of the other primary outcome determinants

Locations (1): Medicine OPD Room No 32/33 AIIMS
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South, DELHI, India
Medicine OPD Room No 32/33 AIIMS
🇮🇳South, DELHI, India
Dr Pawan Goel
Principal investigator
9999896637
pawangoel0@gmail.com