The Effect of Yoga on Mindfulness and Perceived Stress

September 30, 2024 updated by: Özüm Erkin, Izmir Democracy University

The Effect of Yoga on Mindfulness and Perceived Stress Level in Nursing Students

This study aimed to examine the effect of yoga on mindfulness and perceived stress levels in nursing students. A randomized controlled study was conducted in a nursing department in western Turkey between September 2019 and January 2020. The required institutional permission and ethics committee approval was received. The study participants were 56 nursing students with (intervention group (n:29), control group (n:27). The intervention group received the yoga program for 15 weeks delivered once a week. The control group did not practice yoga.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

This study aimed to examine the effect of yoga on mindfulness and perceived stress levels in nursing students in a parallel-group pretest-posttest randomized controlled study design. The required institutional permission and ethics committee approval was received.

The study was conducted in a nursing department in western Turkey between September 2019 and January 2020. The study consisted of 56 nursing students with (intervention group (n:29), control group (n:27). The intervention group received the yoga program for 15 weeks delivered once a week face to face. The control group did not practice yoga. The data were collected using "Personnel data form", "Mindful Attention Awareness Scale", "Perceived Stress Scale". The data were collected from the students using the online survey. For data analysis, descriptive statistics, paired sample t test, independent t, Pearson chi-square test were used. At the end of the study, the same yoga session was held with the students in the control group.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

56

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Turkey
    • Ege Bölgesi
      • İzmir, Ege Bölgesi, Turkey, 35560
        • Izmir Democracy University

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • being a first-year class nursing student
  • older than 18 ages
  • volunteering to participate
  • giving consent

Exclusion Criteria:

  • with a disability to practice yoga, hearing, and visual impairment
  • unwillingness to continue participating in the study and school absenteeism

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: control
No intervention
Experimental: intervention
The intervention group participated in 15 weeks of yoga/awareness activities led by the researcher. The yoga curriculum for the use of yoga in the classroom had been previously studied with nursing students and permission was obtained for its use in this study. The course content consists of 1.5 hours/per week (theoretical: 30 minutes; practical: 60 minutes) Each yoga session includes 5 minutes of breathing (pranayama) and warming up, 40 minutes of postures (asanas), 5 minutes of breathing (pranayama), 5 minutes of corpse pose (shavasana).In addition, to develop mindfulness, after the class, students were offered daily practices that enable a mindfulness-based approach to life events. The students participated in activities such as yoga practice, breathing and relaxation exercises, meditation practices with instructor notes and resources.
Other: yoga practice
The researcher has a yoga certificate before the study. The intervention group participated in 15 weeks of yoga/awareness activities led by the researcher. The yoga curriculum for the use of yoga in the classroom had been previously studied with nursing students and permission was obtained for its use in this study [11]. The course content consists of 1.5 hours/per week (theoretical: 30 minutes; practical: 60 minutes) Each yoga session includes 5 minutes of breathing (pranayama) and warming up, 40 minutes of postures (asanas), 5 minutes of breathing (pranayama), 5 minutes of corpse pose (shavasana).In addition, to develop mindfulness, after the class, students were offered daily practices that enable a mindfulness-based approach to life events. The students participated in activities such as yoga practice, breathing and relaxation exercises, meditation practices with instructor notes and resources.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Mindful Attention Awareness Scale
Time Frame: 15 weeks
The scale consists of fifteen items and consists of one dimension. The 6-point Likert-type scale has a rating scale of "1=almost always, 2=most of the time, 3=sometimes, 4=rarely, 5=very rarely, 6=almost never". While this scale provides a single total score, high scores indicate high levels of mindfulness
15 weeks
Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)
Time Frame: 15 weeks
The PSS, which consists of a total of 10 items, was developed to measure the extent to which certain situations in a person's life are perceived as stressful. Participants rated each item on a 5-point Likert-type scale ranging from "Never (0)" to "Very often (4)". While The scores of the PSS-10 range from 0 to 40 and from 0 to 16. A high score indicates an increased perception of stress
15 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Izmir Democracy University

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: özüm erkin, Ph.D, Izmir Democracy University

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

September 30, 2019

Primary Completion (Actual)

January 20, 2020

Study Completion (Actual)

January 30, 2020

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

May 4, 2024

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 4, 2024

First Posted (Actual)

May 8, 2024

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

October 2, 2024

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 30, 2024

Last Verified

September 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • IDU-SBF-ÖE-01

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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