Yoga in the Treatment of Eating Disorders: a Randomized Trial

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Anorexia Nervosa; Bulimia Nervosa
• Interventions: Behavioral: yoga

• Registration Number: NCT02191995
• Lead Sponsor: University of Minnesota

Brief Summary

Yoga facilitates the treatment of eating disorders by decreasing symptom severity over time.

Detailed Description

Not available

Basic Information
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Recruitment & Eligibility
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Study & Design
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Trial Locations

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2014-05-07
• Study Start: 2014-07
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-07-14
• Study First Posted: 2014-07-16
• Primary Completion: 2015-03
• Study Completion: 2015-03
• Status Verified: 2019-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-10-30
• Last Update Posted: 2019-11-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 38

Inclusion Criteria

• admitted to the Anna Westin House treatment facility of the Emily Program in MN during timeframe study is being run

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Exclusion Criteria

• declines participation in study

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
body awareness yoga	yoga	body awareness yoga session prior to breakfast meal

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Participants' level of mood and anxiety	Week 4	The Positive And Negative Affect Scale will be administered daily prior to and after supper in order to assess anxiety and mood.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Level of eating disorder symptoms	Week 4	The Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire will be administered to evaluate clients' eating disorder symptoms and prevalence.
Participants' ability to tolerance distress	Week 4	The Distress Tolerance Scale will be administered to follow clients' ability to cope with highly charged emotions.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

The Emily Program; 🇺🇸 Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States