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Evaluation of Yoga for Sleep Disturbances in Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

NCT01556074 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2014-08-04

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The primary objective of this preliminary study is to estimate sleep outcome effect sizes and determine feasibility for a novel yoga treatment of insomnia in participants with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Additional objectives are to evaluate relationships of sleep outcomes with measures of other PTSD symptoms, psychosocial health and possible mechanisms of action.

Conditions

  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
  • Insomnia

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Yoga treatment

Biweekly 90-minute group yoga classes for 8 weeks and on non-class days participants will be asked to devote 15 minutes per day to a prescribed home yoga practice.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)

    collaborator NIH

  • Brain & Behavior Research Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • Brigham and Women's Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jessica J Noggle Taylor, PhD · Emory University

  • Sat Bir S Khalsa, PhD · Brigham and Women's Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-06-30
Primary Completion
2014-02-28
Completion
2014-02-28

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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