Immediate Effect of Energy Alignment and Mantra on Stress Related Pain in Adolescents

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Musculoskeletal Pain; Headache; Stress Related Disorder
• Interventions: Behavioral: Yoga based Energy Alignment and Mantra

• Registration Number: NCT03308630
• Lead Sponsor: NMP Medical Research Institute

Brief Summary

Psychiatrists have expressed concern at the emergence of education as a serious source of stress for school-going children - causing high incidence of deaths by suicide. Many adolescents in India are referred to hospital psychiatric units for school-related distress - exhibiting symptoms of depression, high anxiety, frequent school refusal, phobia, physical complaints, irritability, weeping spells, and decreased interest in school work. Previous studies have found significant anxiety, distress, depression, worn outs and severe impact of psychological factors on the performances of dental, engineering and medical student. But students preparing for competitive exams have not been studied yet.

Current study reports the scientific evidence of immediate effect of yoga based techniques combined with music and Vedic chants on adolescents preparing for competitive exams.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-06-28
• Primary Completion: 2017-07-30
• Study Completion: 2017-08-25
• Status Verified: 2017-10
• Study First Submitted: 2017-10-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-10-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-10-08
• Study First Posted: 2017-10-12
• Last Update Posted: 2017-10-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 218

Inclusion Criteria

• All adolescents enrolled at the participating centers and that agree to sign informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

• not agreement to sign the informed consent

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Energy Alignment and Mantra	Yoga based Energy Alignment and Mantra	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Self reported Stress	2 Weeks	Stress level on the scale of 1-10 was reported before the intervention and after 2 week of practice

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in Headache severity on VAS	2 weeks	VAS at the beginning and end of the 2 week of study intervention
Change in Musculo-skeleton Pain measured on VAS	2 weeks	VAS at the beginning and end of the 2 week of intervention
Change in Stomach pain on VAS	2 weeks

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

NMP Medical Research Institute; 🇮🇳 Bikaner, Rajasthan, India