Effects of a Single Session of Integrated Yoga Therapy Compared With Other Relaxation Techniques

Typically a course of yoga therapy for stress management takes place over a week, however, investigators are often asked to provide a single session for workers. The aim of this study is to assess the benefits of a single session of an integrated yoga program compared with other relaxation techniques for the staff of schools.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Yoga
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: integrated yoga program

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 145
• Phase: Phase 3

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 20 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• school staff members, including school managers, teachers, school nurses, school office workers, nutritionists and cooks
• volunteers attending a stress management workshop

Exclusion Criteria:

• those who had any previous experience of practicing yoga or any relaxation procedures

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: other techniques group; theory and practice of pair massage with tapping, stretching of the ankle and neck, and autogenic training	Behavioral: integrated yoga program; the program as a one-time session for 3 hours as a component of a Stress Management Education program

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change of scores on the Subjective Units of Distress (SUD) scale	SUD is a scale of 0 (comfort) to 10 (discomfort) for measuring the subjective intensity of disturbance or distress currently experienced by an individual covering both physical and mental aspects.	1) immediately after the subjects arrived at the facility (baseline) and 2) immediately after the intervention

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Hiroshima University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: March 1, 2014
• Primary Completion (Actual): December 1, 2015

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 7, 2016
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 14, 2016
• First Posted (Estimate): July 19, 2016

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): July 19, 2016
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 14, 2016
• Last Verified: July 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: HiroshimaU