Efficacy of Yoga Based Self-Management Program for Chronic Pain

Efficacy of Yoga Based Self-Management Program for Chronic Pain: Community Based Clinical Efficacy Study

Chronic pain is a major health issue with substantial economic burden.To support chronic pain patients during the COVID-19 pandemic, yoga based self-managed intervention was delivered through tele-health platform. Project was designed as community-based program, creating new social networks for patients, health care providers and academics. Platform to deliver intervention and data collection was AiM COVID mobile app.

Our objective was to determine the efficacy of Yoga based self-management intervention for people living with chronic pain pain intensity, disability and health related quality of life.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Chronic Pain
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Yoga Therapy

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 42

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United Kingdom
  • Leicestershire
    • Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
      • Aarogyam UK
  • Scotland
    • Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
      • Patanjali Yog Peeth (UK) Trust

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

Community based project in partnership with community organisation, health care providers and academic included chronic pain patients for yoga self management therapy.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Chronic pain for at least 3 months
• Having access to internet and video calls

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pregnant or breast-feeding women,
• Patients not willing to give written consent
• Patients with severe psychiatric or personality disorder
• Malignancy

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Pain intensity and disability	Pain intensity and related disability was measured through Brief Pain Inventory	From baseline to 6 week post intervention
Health Related Quality of Life	Quality of life was measured through 36-Item Short-Form Survey	From baseline to 6 week post intervention
Self-efficacy of pain	Self efficacy was measure through Pain Self-Efficacy Questionnaire	From baseline to 6 week post intervention

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Aarogyam UK
• Collaborators: Patanjali Yog Peeth (UK) Trust
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Neha Sharma, Aarogyam UK; Study Chair: Deepa Modi, East Park Medical Centre, NHS trust, Leicester; Study Director: Vishwesh Kulkarni, University of Warwick; Principal Investigator: Sunita Poddar, Patanjali Yog Peeth (UK) Trust

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): September 17, 2020
• Primary Completion (Actual): November 5, 2020
• Study Completion (Actual): November 9, 2020

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: November 9, 2020
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 9, 2020
• First Posted (Actual): November 13, 2020

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): November 13, 2020
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 9, 2020
• Last Verified: November 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Chronic Pain
• Other Study ID Numbers: AU0211

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