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Mindful Yoga for Postpartum Depression

NCT06275217 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 198

Last updated 2025-03-18

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Summary

This is a parallel-group randomized controlled trial. A total of 198 postpartum women with depressive symptoms (EPDS scores≥8 at baseline) will be recruited and randomized into two groups: 10-week mindful yoga intervention and 10-week psychoeducation program. Clinical assessment of depression, self-report questionnaires and salivary cortisol tests will be performed at baseline, after 10-week intervention, and at 6-month and 12-month follow-ups. The investigators expected that the mindful yoga intervention will reduce depression after 10 weeks compared to psychoeducation. The mindful yoga intervention will further reduce anxiety, stress, improve quality of life and sleep, and steepen diurnal cortisol slopes. These effects will be maintained for at least six months.

Conditions

  • Mood Disorders

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Mindfulness-based yoga program

The intervention includes mindfulness-based components and yoga practice. Once a week for 10 weeks, with 1.5 hours in each session (30 minutes mindfulness-based practice and 1 hour yoga practice). A well-trained research personnel will facilitate the mindfulness-based section, and a qualified yoga instructor will facilitate the yoga section.

OTHER

Psychoeducation

Knowledge of perinatal mental health, stress-related management, postnatal nutrition, exercise habit and sleep hygiene will be provided to the participants in the psychoeducation group. It is a group-based intervention delivered in hybrid mode including face-to-face and online group-based class. Once a week for 10 weeks, with 1.5 hour in each session.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jessie Lin, PhD · Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-01-08
Primary Completion
2025-07-15
Completion
2025-12-31

Countries

  • Hong Kong

Study Locations

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