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The Effects of Yoga on Student Mental Health

NCT04258540 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 202

Last updated 2020-02-06

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Summary

The investigators performed a randomised controlled trial with 202 healthy university students in the Oslo area, with 50:50 in a yoga intervention group and a waitlist control group. Measures included symptoms of depression and anxiety, sleep problems, heart rate variability (HRV), well-being and mindfulness at week 0 (baseline), week 12 (post-intervention) and week 24 (follow-up).

Conditions

  • Mental Health
  • Public Health
  • Depression, Anxiety
  • Sleep Problem
  • University Students

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Yoga group

The intervention group received yoga 2 times a week for 12 weeks (á 1.25 hr).

BEHAVIORAL

yoga course

yoga course

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Oslo

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Tiril Elstad, MA (hon) · University of Oslo

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-12-16
Primary Completion
2018-02-20
Completion
2018-02-20

Countries

  • Norway

Study Locations

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Diseases

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