Study Results
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
74 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2008-05-31
2009-02-28
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Hypotheses
1. Integrated yoga style practice can improve sleep quality/quantity
2. Integrated yoga style practice can improve quality of life.
Objectives:
1. Examine effectiveness of yoga for insomnia and reduction in use of hypnotics/relaxants in the elderly;
2. Determine whether yoga enhances quality of life in the elderly; and 3. Determine whether yoga is suitable for elderly in western culture(s).
Methods:
A mixed design crossover controlled trial (n =74, age range 60-87, M = 74.4, SD = 7.1) with 2 weekly classes incorporating physical and meditative yoga, and daily home practice of meditative yoga for 12 weeks. Measures included self-reported assessment of sleep quality (Sleep Logs, KSS, ESS, PSQI, MAPS), mood states (DASS, POMS), general health (SF-36) and mobile objective home sleep studies.
Conditions
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Study Design
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NON_RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
NONE
Study Groups
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1
Intervention group: Intervention constitutes of 2 supervised yoga classes per week incorporating gentle Yoga postures, relaxation and meditation sequences In addition: daily home based sessions of yogic relaxation and meditation using a pre-recorded audio CD
Integrated Yoga style practice
Intervention constitutes of 2 supervised yoga style classes per week incorporating gentle postures,relaxation and meditation sequences. In addition daily home based sessions of yogic relaxation, and meditation a an audio CD
2
Control in waiting to be crossed over after control phase completed. Participants of this group studied using same objective and subjective outcome measures.
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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Integrated Yoga style practice
Intervention constitutes of 2 supervised yoga style classes per week incorporating gentle postures,relaxation and meditation sequences. In addition daily home based sessions of yogic relaxation, and meditation a an audio CD
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Independent, self mobile
* Suffering from light to severe primary insomnia
Exclusion Criteria
* Currently or in the past engaged in regular yoga practice
* Suffering from any physical or mental health condition or disability which may affect sleep, or for which Yoga practice is counter indicated or may lead to health risks or complications.
* Suffering from co-morbid insomnia in conjunction with another condition clearly salient to sleep disturbance.
60 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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KTH Royal Institute of Technology
OTHER
The Australia-Israel Scientific Exchange Foundation (AISEF)
OTHER
Israel Yoga Teachers Association
UNKNOWN
Shaare Zedek Medical Center
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Shaare Zedek Medical Center
Principal Investigators
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Anda Baharav, MD
Role: STUDY_CHAIR
Shaare Zedek Medical Center
Jonathan Halpern, M.Sc.
Role: STUDY_CHAIR
Royal Melbourne Institue of Technology University
Clement Cahan, MD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Shaare Zedek Medical Center
Locations
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Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Sleep Lab
Jerusalem, Israel, Israel
Countries
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Other Identifiers
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SZMCSL0001
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id