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Mental Health benefits of Yoga

Phase 2
Not yet recruiting
Conditions
Generalized anxiety disorder, (2) ICD-10 Condition: F413||Other mixed anxiety disorders, (3) ICD-10 Condition: F413||Other mixed anxiety disorders,
Registration Number
CTRI/2024/04/066369
Lead Sponsor
Guru Ravidas Ayurved University
Brief Summary

**SUMMARY**

*Background-* Due to exhausting fast pace of life, stress has become an integral part of our lives. It further leads to various physical and psychiatric disorders. Contrarily Yoga has been proven to be beneficial in improving our overall health.

*Novelty-* Doing a non-psychopharmacological intervention like Yoga alone in people have stress, depression, anxiety and insomnia in various cities of Punjab having ‘C.M di Yogshala (CMDY)’ initiative.

*Objective-*

*Primary objective-* To see the efficacy of Yoga in people coming to CMDY in cities of Punjab having stress, depression, anxiety and insomnia.

*Methods-* 100 people (25 each) suffering from depression, anxiety, stress and insomnia shall be consecutively enrolled in study from different cities having CMDY. DASS-21 (21 itemed depression, anxiety and stress scale) will be applied to diagnose depression, anxiety and stress. To diagnose insomnia, Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) shall be used. To further confirm diagnosis of depression, anxiety and insomnia, International Classification of Diseases 10th edition for mental health and behavioral disorders (ICD-10) shall be used. For confirming stress serum cortisol levels will be analyzed. Above mentioned scales shall be applied at baseline and at 3 months after intervention is over. Yogic intervention will be provided by trained Yoga instructors daily for 1 hour for 3 months. Data will be analyzed statistically on SPSS-22.0.

*Expected outcome-* Yoga should improve the over-all quality of life. It should lower the scores of depression, anxiety and stress on DASS-21; it should also lower insomnia on ISI, including Serum Cortisol Levels.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Not Yet Recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
100
Inclusion Criteria
  • a) Individuals screened positive for Stress Depression Anxiety and Insomnia.
  • b) Individuals who gives consent.
Exclusion Criteria
  • a) Individuals on medication for any Psychiatric illness.
  • b) Individuals having chronic Physical Disease.
  • c) Individuals not have intellectual disability.
  • d) Individuals who are not able to follow up for 3 months.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Significant reduction in Serum Cortisol levelszero day,90th day
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
To see the efficacy of Yoga in people coming to CMDY in cities of Punjab having stress, depression, anxiety and insomniazero day,30th day,60th day,90th days

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Guru Ravidas Ayurved University Punjab, Una Road, Hoshiarpur ,Punjab

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Hoshiarpur, PUNJAB, India

Guru Ravidas Ayurved University Punjab, Una Road, Hoshiarpur ,Punjab
🇮🇳Hoshiarpur, PUNJAB, India
Kamlesh Kumar Mishra
Principal investigator
9560437000
yogikamlesh@gmail.com

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