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A Study of Yoga for Treating Geriatric Insomnia

NCT00661843 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 74

Last updated 2010-10-05

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Insomnia is common in the elderly population and is associated with increased health problems, reduced quality of life and greater use of sleep inducing drugs. This research aims to examine the effectiveness of Yoga practice to treat insomnia in elderly people, determine the ability to enhance their quality of life and determine if it is suitable to western culture and conditions.

Conditions

  • Primary Geriatric Insomnia
  • Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders

Interventions

OTHER

Integrated Yoga style practice

Intervention constitutes of 2 supervised yoga style classes per week incorporating gentle postures,relaxation and meditation sequences. In addition daily home based sessions of yogic relaxation, and meditation a an audio CD

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • KTH Royal Institute of Technology

    collaborator OTHER

  • The Australia-Israel Scientific Exchange Foundation (AISEF)

    collaborator OTHER

  • Israel Yoga Teachers Association

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Shaare Zedek Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Anda Baharav, MD · Shaare Zedek Medical Center

  • Jonathan Halpern, M.Sc. · Royal Melbourne Institue of Technology University

  • Clement Cahan, MD · Shaare Zedek Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-05-31
Primary Completion
2009-01-31
Completion
2009-02-28

Countries

  • Israel

Study Locations

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