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Yoga for Stress Management in Health Care Personnel

NCT01168648 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 71

Last updated 2010-07-23

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate if yoga can be an effective stress management technique for health care personnel.

Conditions

  • Yoga
  • Stress, Psychological
  • Stress, Physiological

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Yoga as stress management

Yoga specially designed to reduce stress is practiced for approximately 30 minutes at least three times a week for three months, once in a group session led by a trained yoga instructor and twice or more at home. The yoga techniques used are physical postures or movements, meditation and breathing exercises. Every time they do the techniques, participants fill in a form detailing how they feel before and after and providing information on the experience of doing the exercises.

OTHER

Rest without using any relaxation technique

The participants rest at home at least 30 minutes, at least three times a week for three months and without using any relaxation technique

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ekhaga Foundation Stockholm Sweden

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Region Stockholm

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Karolinska Institutet

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Astrid M Grensman, MD · KI, Center for Family and Community Medicine

  • Bikash D Acharya, M sc in Psy · KI, Center for Family and Community Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2003-08-31
Primary Completion
2005-05-31
Completion
2005-05-31

Countries

  • Sweden

Study Locations

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