Feasibility of a Yoga Intervention in Sedentary African-American Women

This study aims to test the feasibility, acceptability, safety of a 3-month hatha and restorative yoga intervention to decrease sedentary behavior, stress and blood pressure in sedentary African-American women.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Sedentary Behavior
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Yoga Intervention

Detailed Description

This study aims to assess feasibility of a hatha and restorative yoga intervention compared to a control group. Investigators will examine feasibility of participant recruitment, retention and adherence; fidelity of intervention delivery; and intervention materials. Investigators also aim to evaluate the acceptability and safety of a hatha and restorative yoga intervention compared to a control group. Investigators will examine the acceptability of intervention location and strategies, class format, enjoyment of sessions, and safety of the intervention. Finally, investigators aim to test feasibility and appropriateness of the targeted outcomes for subsequent trials. Expected outcomes will be properly measured, but no comparisons between intervention and control groups will be made.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 69
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Minnesota
    • Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55455
      • University of Minnesota

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 65 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Self-identified as an African-American woman at least 18 years old
• Engaging in less than 30 minutes/week of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity
• If employed, working in a sedentary occupation that requires primarily seated work; • If unemployed, typical day involves sedentary, primarily seated activities
• Able to exercise for 20 minutes continuously
• No pre-existing condition that limits physical activity
• Access to a computer (or mobile device) and internet service

Exclusion Criteria:

• Diagnosed with heart disease, diabetes, cancer, kidney, liver disease, major depression or bipolar disease
• Take more than two daily medications for lipids or blood pressure
• Current smoker

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Yoga Intervention Group	Behavioral: Yoga Intervention; This group will have in-person, 60 minute yoga sessions three times per week for 12 weeks. These sessions will also include a sharing circle to provide group feedback as to how the practice felt and integration into ones' daily life. There will be biweekly themes established for these sessions (i.e. common yoga poses, importance of breath) and biweekly in-person workshops will be offered. These will be specialty classes for participants to experience additional exposure to meditation and breathing. They will be a longer format so participants can delve deeper into yogic philosophy and practice. There will also be a private Facebook group for participants to connect with each other and for the research staff to maintain contact and share information with the participants (eg. weekly reminder for yoga sessions and workshops).
No Intervention: Control Group; Control participants will receive no guidance from the research staff to change their behavior.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Number of Participants Recruited (Feasibility)	Goals were for 200 women recruited and screened for eligibility, and 60 enrolled and consented.	Baseline
Rate of Participant Retention and Adherence (Feasibility)	At least 80% of intervention participants attend at least 80% of intervention sessions	During the 12-week yoga intervention
Fidelity of Intervention Delivery (Feasibility)	At least 90% (8 of 9 class segments) of each of the 6 videotaped sessions is delivered as planned based on training.	During the 12-week yoga intervention
Rate of Delivery of Intervention Materials and Resources (Feasibility)	100% of intervention materials and resources are delivered as planned to intervention participants.	During the 12-week yoga intervention
Rating of Assessment Measures (Feasibility)	At least 80% intervention and control participants rate the assessments as not too burdensome (rated 1 or 2) on a scale from 1 (not burdensome) to 5 (very burdensome).	Baseline
Completion of Assessment Measures (Feasibility)	At least 90% intervention and control participants will complete baseline assessments.	Baseline
Rating of Assessment Measures (Feasibility)	At least 80% intervention and control participants rate the assessments as not too burdensome (rated 1 or 2) on a scale from 1 (not burdensome) to 5 (very burdensome).	Post-intervention (within 2 months)
Completion of Assessment Measures (Feasibility)	At least 90% of intervention and control participants will complete post-intervention assessments.	Post-Intervention (within 2 months)
Rating of Assessment Measures (Feasibility)	At least 80% intervention and control participants rate the assessments as not too burdensome (rated 1 or 2) on a scale from 1 (not burdensome) to 5 (very burdensome).	3-month follow-up
Completion of Assessment Measures (Feasibility)	At least 90% of intervention and control participants will complete 3-month follow-up assessments.	3-month follow-up
Rating of Intervention Components (Acceptability)	At least 90% intervention participants rate the various intervention components (e.g., location, in-person classes, instructors, home-based resources) as acceptable with a rating of 4, 5, or 6 on a scale from 1 (strongly dislike) to 6 (strongly like).	Post-intervention (within 2 months)
Participant Rating of Yoga Intervention (Acceptability)	At least 90% intervention participants rate intervention acceptable (i.e., rating of 4, 5, or 6 on a scale from 1 (strongly dislike) to 6 (strongly like)) and enjoyable (i.e., rating of 3, 4, or 5 on a scale from 1 (not enjoyed) to 5 (enjoyed very much)).	Post-intervention (within 2 months)
Number of Adverse Events (Safety)	Zero adverse events (causes major disruption to participants' life, e.g., sprain, broken bone, cardiovascular event, death), zero moderate adverse events (causes minor inconvenience to participant, e.g., fainting spell, sore muscles for more than 3 days) and less than 10% of participants report mild adverse events (no major impact, e.g., headache, sore muscles for 2-3 days)	During the 12-week yoga intervention

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Sedentary Behavior	Objective sedentary time (i.e., time spent sitting and lying down) assessed with activPAL4 micro accelerometer. Analyze data to report average total hours of sedentary behavior per day.	Seven consecutive days at three time points: baseline before intervention, post-intervention (within 2 months), and 3-month follow-up.
Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure	Measured using the automated OMRON Hem 907XL blood pressure recorder. Three blood pressures will be collected and averaged at each data collection time point following a two minute period of rest.	Three blood pressures will be collected and averaged at each of the 3 data collection time points (baseline, post-intervention (within 2 months), and 3 month follow-up)
Perceived Stress	Measured using the 14-item Perceived Stress Scale. Each item is scored from 1-5, with higher scores indicating higher perceived stress. Estimates represent the mean total score of the 14 items, ranging from 1-5. Scale was included in an online survey that participants completed at the data collection site via an iPad. Survey items asked participants how often they had experienced acute stress within last month.	Surveys will be distributed at each data collection timepoint (baseline, post-intervention (within 2 months), and 3 month follow-up)

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of Minnesota
• Collaborators: National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Daheia J Barr-Anderson, PhD, MSPH, University of Minnesota; Principal Investigator: Mark A Pereira, PhD, MPH, University of Minnesota

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): May 2, 2022
• Primary Completion (Actual): January 6, 2023
• Study Completion (Actual): January 19, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: December 11, 2020
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 12, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): January 15, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): October 26, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 1, 2023
• Last Verified: October 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Yoga; African-American; Feasibility Study
• Other Study ID Numbers: STUDY00010979; R34AT011036 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No