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The Effect of Yoga on Mindfulness and Perceived Stress

NCT06405789 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 56

Last updated 2024-10-02

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Summary

This study aimed to examine the effect of yoga on mindfulness and perceived stress levels in nursing students. A randomized controlled study was conducted in a nursing department in western Turkey between September 2019 and January 2020. The required institutional permission and ethics committee approval was received. The study participants were 56 nursing students with (intervention group (n:29), control group (n:27). The intervention group received the yoga program for 15 weeks delivered once a week. The control group did not practice yoga.

Conditions

  • Stress

Interventions

OTHER

yoga practice

The researcher has a yoga certificate before the study. The intervention group participated in 15 weeks of yoga/awareness activities led by the researcher. The yoga curriculum for the use of yoga in the classroom had been previously studied with nursing students and permission was obtained for its use in this study \[11\]. The course content consists of 1.5 hours/per week (theoretical: 30 minutes; practical: 60 minutes) Each yoga session includes 5 minutes of breathing (pranayama) and warming up, 40 minutes of postures (asanas), 5 minutes of breathing (pranayama), 5 minutes of corpse pose (shavasana).In addition, to develop mindfulness, after the class, students were offered daily practices that enable a mindfulness-based approach to life events. The students participated in activities such as yoga practice, breathing and relaxation exercises, meditation practices with instructor notes and resources.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Izmir Democracy University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • özüm erkin, Ph.D · İzmir Democracy University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-09-30
Primary Completion
2020-01-20
Completion
2020-01-30

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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