The Effectiveness Yoga@Work Among Office Workers With Chronic Nonspecific Neck Pain (CNNP)

The Effectiveness Yoga@Work Among Office Workers With Chronic Nonspecific Neck Pain (CNNP): A Randomised Controlled Trial.

Chronic nonspecific neck pain (CNNP) is a public health issues with a 50% life prevalence. CNNP is a leading cause of disability which contributes to higher costs due to loss of productivity, disability, and increased absenteeism from work. Yoga has been found effective managing neck pain but there has been no study at work setting for chronic non-specific neck pain.

To determine the effectiveness of Yoga@work program for chronic non specific neck pain among office workers, present randomised controlled trial was undertaken.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Chronic Non-Specific Neck Pain
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Yoga

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 84
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• India
  • Jaipur, India
    • Yog Bhawan

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 60 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Participants who gave written informed consent
• Having neck pain for more than 3 month

Exclusion Criteria:

• Systematic disorder
• Neck or spine injuries
• Recent surgery

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Yoga Group; The yoga group received the 8-week yoga sessions at work setting once a week by trained teacher followed by self practices.	Other: Yoga; Yoga@work program included physical movements, yoga posture, breathing exercise, pranayama and yoga chants. Session with trainer was conducted on worksite once a week for an hour.
No Intervention: Control Group; Participants had one introductory session on proper physical position and stretching exercises to be practiced daily during work.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Neck Pain	Pain was measured using Visual Analogue Scale	Change from baseline to 8 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Health related quality of life	HRQoL was measured with the Short Form 36	Change from baseline to 8 weeks
Neck function	Neck functions with Northwick Park Neck Pain Questionnaire	change from baseline to 8 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: NMP Medical Research Institute
• Collaborators: Yog-Kulam
• Investigators: Study Director: Neha Sharma, PhD, Yog-Kulam; Principal Investigator: Shekhar Sharma, NMP Medical Research Institute, India

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 6, 2019
• Primary Completion (Actual): July 15, 2019
• Study Completion (Actual): August 7, 2019

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: October 1, 2019
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 1, 2019
• First Posted (Actual): October 2, 2019

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): October 2, 2019
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 1, 2019
• Last Verified: October 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Neck Pain
• Other Study ID Numbers: NMP/32491

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No