Yoga@Work Intervention to Reduce Work-related Stress Among Information Technology Workers

Yoga@Work Intervention to Reduce Work Related Stress Among Information Technology Workers: Waitlist Controlled Trial

Over the last several decades, occupational stress at workplace comprise a major burden. Office based work are more prone to sedentary lifestyle, postural issues, workplace stress, repetitive strain injury, poor employee health. Workplace wellness programs has been very feasible access to employees at their own convenience and need. Yoga@Work Program was developed to suit the need for information technology workers.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Occupational Stress; Psychological Stress
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Yoga

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 140
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Belgium
  • Brussels, Belgium
    • UNRI
• Hong Kong
  • Hong Kong, Hong Kong
    • Ananda Yoga
• India
  • Rajasthan
    • Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
      • NMP Medical Research Institute
• United Kingdom
  • London, United Kingdom
    • Yog-Kulam

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:

• Information Technology employee, or trainee willing and able to participate in a 6-week self-care program during the work day.
• Willing to give informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• medical or psychiatric conditions limiting practice of yoga in general
• Cognitive impairment

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
• Allocation: Non-Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Yoga@Work; Yoga session were developed to practice at work anytime feasible.	Other: Yoga; Each yoga session included warm-up practices (for the large joints, spine, and extremities), Simple postures (Asana), breathing exercises (pranayama) and meditation/relaxation. All the yoga participants were given handouts to practice everyday at work as its feasible
No Intervention: Wait list Control group; Control group with no intervention. After Intervention period, group was offered same sessions.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Reductions in occupational stress	Perceived Stress Scale	From baseline to 6-week post intervention

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Mental health problems	General Health questionnaires consists of 12 items, each assessing the severity of a mental problem	From baseline to 6-week post intervention

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Aarogyam UK
• Collaborators: Vrije Universiteit Brussel; NMP Medical Research Institute; Brunel University; Ananda Yoga (Hong Kong)
• Investigators: Study Chair: Monomita Nandy, Brunel University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 12, 2019
• Primary Completion (Actual): June 18, 2019
• Study Completion (Actual): September 21, 2019

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: March 17, 2020
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 17, 2020
• First Posted (Actual): March 18, 2020

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 19, 2020
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 18, 2020
• Last Verified: March 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Behavioral Symptoms; Occupational Diseases; Stress, Psychological; Occupational Stress
• Other Study ID Numbers: AUI01

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