Restorative Yoga for Stress Management

NCT ID: NCT00170365

Last Updated: 2016-09-14

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 30 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2004-07-31
• Study Completion Date: 2005-03-31

Brief Summary

The study examined Restorative Yoga as a method of stress reduction for the HFA Addiction Medicine Clinic staff volunteers.

Detailed Description

The purpose of this study is to determine if there is a perceived benefit from adding a restorative yoga class as a method of stress reduction for the HFA Addiction Medicine Clinic staff. Working in a busy clinic can be very stressful. While it is not always possible to completely eliminate stress from our lives, it is known that stress reduction techniques help to diminish the negative consequences of stress. This study was designed to answer the following question "How much change in perceived stress is obtained through weekly Restorative Yoga sessions?" Study population were members of the HFA Addiction Medicine Clinic. All staff completed the Spielberger Job Stress Survey and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory at baseline and at six months following intervention onset. Volunteers from the Addiction Medicine Clinic attended weekly restorative yoga sessions 45 minutes in length held over the noon hour. Serial State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and weekly questionnaire regarding the perceived effects of the restorative yoga on aspects fo patient care were completed by study volunteers.

Conditions

Stress; Anxiety

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NON_RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Interventions

Restorative Yoga

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• member of HFA Addiction Medicine Clinic staff
• willing to participate in the restorative yoga sessions and to complete study instruments

Exclusion Criteria

• unwilling to participate in the restorative ygoa sessions (assigned then to the control group)

• Minimum Eligible Age: 21 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 70 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Hennepin Faculty Associates

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Principal Investigators

Kathleen M Wesa, M.D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Hennepin Faculty Associates/ Hennepin County Meical Center

Locations

Hennepin Faculty Associates/ Hennepin County Medica Center

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

HSR-04-2412

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id