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Comparison of Yoga nidra vs Sleep hygeine Educational care in improving sleep quality in medical students in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand.

Not Applicable
Registration Number
CTRI/2022/07/044426
Lead Sponsor
Central Council of Research in Yoga and Naturopathy
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Open to Recruitment
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
0
Inclusion Criteria

1.Undergraduate and Postgraduate students of AIIMS Rishikesh

2.Participants with Insomnia and PSQI score >5 confirmed from the baseline assessment

3.Participants who will give consent

Exclusion Criteria

1. Psychosis or unstable/ significant depression, anxiety under active care (more than 1 monthly mental healthcare visit or requiring more than 1 psychotropic medicine daily)

2. significant current practice of any form of meditation ( >15 min per day)

3. restless legs syndrome (RLS): the participants with RLS will be excluded on the basis of 5 essential diagnostic criteria for RLS

4. pregnant and lactating mothers

5. active or terminal cancer

6. Pain syndromes that affect sleep (Rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, chronic back pain)

7. Participants with recent trauma and acute illness which required hospitalization of 7 days in last 3 months

8. Participants with moderate and high substance involvement (ASSIST)

9. other medical conditions that confound salivary biomarkers outcomes

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) scoresTimepoint: baseline, 4th week
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Heart Rate Variability (HRV)Timepoint: Baseline, during intervention, at the end of 1st of intervention, 4th week;Lipid profile, IL6Timepoint: Baseline, 4th week;Respiratory Rate, Pulse Rate, Blood pressure, Random Blood Sugar, Salivary CortisolTimepoint: Baseline, at the end of 1st of intervention, 4th week
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