Yoga on Stress Management in Adolescents

Yoga on Stress Management in Adolescents: Randomized Controlled Trial

The World Health Organization (WHO, 2013) defined the 10-19 age group as "adolescent" and the 15-24 age group as "youth". Adolescence period; It is a period of rapid growth, development and maturation in terms of physical, mental, biochemical and social aspects.10-20% of children and adolescents living in the world have mental health diseases such as generalized anxiety disorders, depression, eating disorders, and post-traumatic stress disorders.In adolescents, yoga is practiced as a relaxing tool to reduce stress, especially for exam anxiety.In Turkey, there are no yoga-based experimental studies to prevent anxiety, stress and depression in adolescents.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Adolescent Behavior; Adolescent Problem Behavior
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Yoga Based Stress Management Program

Detailed Description

The aim of the study is to examine the effect of the Yoga-Based Stress Management Program on the ability to cope with stress in adolescents.Stress management sessions of the Adolescent Health Promotion-Physical Activity, Nutrition, Stress Management (COPE HEALTH-TEEN) program will be used in the stress management training to be explained in the program. There will also be yin yoga exercises.

The general population of the research will be high school senior students in Safranbolu district of Karabük province in the 2021-2022 academic year. First of all, the stress, anxiety and depression levels of the adolescents will be calculated. The research will be carried out in a total of 14 high schools. Each school will be determined as a "cluster" and 7 experimental and 7 control schools will be randomly selected. Simple random draw method will be applied in the selection of experimental and control schools. Adolescents who meet the inclusion criteria will be included in the study.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 120
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Karabuk, Turkey
    • Karabuk University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 16 years to 18 years (Child, Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• High school senior student

  • Those who volunteered to participate in the research and
  • Students who are allowed to participate in the research by their parents

Exclusion Criteria:

• Students with any physical or mental disability • Low levels of perceived stress, anxiety, depression

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: No Intervention; The control group will be given 60 minutes of "in the moment" and stress management training.
Experimental: Experimental; The program will be carried out one day a week for four weeks. Yin yoga practices will be applied in the program. Each session will last a total of 40 minutes. The first 20 minutes of yin yoga sessions. Participants will be given training on stress management, breathing and yin yoga. Afterwards, each session of Yin yoga exercises will be started with pranayama (breathing) exercises for 2 minutes, followed by Suryanamaskar-A (Sun Salute-A) for warming up and Yin yoga exercises will be done. The program will be completed by applying the focus on Moment in the last 5 minute. In addition, the participants will be given homework related to the subject of each week. The training booklet will be distributed to the participants before the program. Stress management sessions of the Adolescent Health Promotion-Physical Activity, Nutrition, Stress Management (COPE HEALTH- TEEN ) program will be used in the stress management training to be explained in the program.	Behavioral: Yoga Based Stress Management Program; Yoga-based stress management program is applied to the intervention group.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change in stress level compared to baseline at 3 months.	Stress symptoms experienced by adolescents will be measured by the Perceived Stress Scale. A minimum of 0 and a maximum of 56 points are obtained from the scale. The high total score indicates the high level of stress experienced by the person.	Basaline, week 1, month 3
Change in anxiety level compared to baseline at 3 months.	Anxiety symptoms experienced by adolescents will be measured with the Beck Anxiety Scale. A minimum score of 0 and a maximum of 63 points is obtained from the scale. The high total score indicates the high level of anxiety experienced by the person.	Basaline, week 1, month 3
Change in depression level compared to baseline at 3 months.	Depression symptoms experienced by adolescents will be measured with the Reynolds Adolescent Depression Scale. A minimum of 30 and a maximum of 120 points can be obtained from the scale. A high total score indicates that the depression experienced by the person is high.	Basaline, week 1, month 3

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Karabuk University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): April 18, 2022
• Primary Completion (Actual): May 18, 2022
• Study Completion (Actual): August 18, 2022

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: March 17, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 5, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): April 12, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): January 30, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 26, 2023
• Last Verified: January 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Behavioral Symptoms; Problem Behavior
• Other Study ID Numbers: 2022-799

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