Effect of Teleyoga on health care workers involved in Covid 19 duty

Completed

Conditions: Health care workers involved in Covid-19 duty at AIIMS Jodhpur

Registration Number: CTRI/2020/09/027842

Lead Sponsor: All India Institute of Medical Sciences

Brief Summary: Covid-19 pandemic has affected a large segment of global population and brought significant overload on the health care systems across the nations. Health care workers (HCW) form the pillars of any health care system are involved in war mode in tackling this global crisis. Being the corona warriors, they are subjected to various mental health issues like stress, anxiety, depression, poor sleep quality, professional burnout, lower mindfulness and increase in the level of immune markers which may hamper their resistance soon. Hence, to address the health issues and provide support and care, this Teleyoga intervention is being planned, as Yoga is proved beneficial in mitigating the mental and physical health issues. Since, social distancing is an important preventive strategy for Covid-19, yoga will be delivered through virtual mode. In this pilot study 60 consenting HCW will be randomized into Teleyoga intervention group (30 HCWs) and control group (30 HCWs). The intervention group will receive Teleyoga intervention 5 days a week for 2 months. The burnout will be assessed using Stanford Professional fulfilment index, sleep quality by Pittsburg Sleep quality Index, mindfulness by Mindfulness attention awareness scale and depression, anxiety and stress by DASS scale. Blood samples will be collected for assessing, IL-6, TNF alpha, CD4+T lymphocytes and Serum cortisol. The measurements will be done at baseline and at the end of 2 months.

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Completed

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

Consenting health care workers involved in Covid-19 duty at AIIMS Jodhpur and willing to practice yoga for 2 months.

Exclusion Criteria

a.Health care workers practicing any type of yoga b.Health care workers suffering from any known illness c.Health care workers on any long term medications d.Health care workers with any contraindication to the practice of the yoga module.

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Burn out, sleep quality, mindfulness, depression, anxiety, stress and immune markers	Baseline and after 2 months of intervention

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method

Trial Locations

Locations (1): All India Institute of Medical Sciences
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Jodhpur, RAJASTHAN, India
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
🇮🇳Jodhpur, RAJASTHAN, India
Dr Naveen K H
Principal investigator
9980030138
naveenkhdoc@gmail.com