Effects of Iyengar yoga on perceived stress, quality of life and autonomic function in healthy distressed women - a randomised trial
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Perceived higher stress according to PSS scaleMental and Behavioural DisordersStress
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN24518979
- Lead Sponsor
- Karl and Veronica Carstens Foundation (Germany)
- Brief Summary
2012 results in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23049608/ (added 11/01/2021)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 72
Inclusion Criteria
1. Women 20 to 55 years of age
2. Higher stress according to PSS
3. Having 3 of 8 stress symptoms:
a. Insomnia
b. Back pain
c. Neck pain
d. Fatigue
e. Cold hands
f. Reduced day-time alertness
g. Eating disorder
h. Tension-type headache
Exclusion Criteria
1. Severe comorbidity
2. Gravidity
3. Psychiatric disease
4. Severe orthopedic malfunction
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Differences between the groups of perceived stress reduction (yoga versus waiting list) after three months of intervention
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> Between group differences (yoga versus waiting list and intensified versus moderate yoga) in:<br> 1. Anxiety<br> 2. Depression scores (state trait anxiety inventory [STAI], hospital anxiety and depression scale [HADS])<br> 3. Mood and well-being (Profile of Mood States [POMS])<br> 4. Quality of life (short-form questionnaire-36 [SF-36], heart rate variability and blood pressure during mental and physical stress)<br> 5. Complaint lists<br> 6. Cortisol profiles in saliva samples<br>