Tools for Wellbeing COVID-19 National Study of Undergraduate Students

NCT ID: NCT04414371

Last Updated: 2020-06-04

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

200 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-05-20

Study Completion Date

2020-12-31

Brief Summary

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The study evaluates the effectiveness of yoga practices on reducing stress, negative emotion, anxiety, and depression and on increasing positive emotion, wellbeing and resilience. The study uses randomized wait-list control. All U.S. undergraduate students in 4-year universities and colleges age 18 or older are eligible to participate.

Detailed Description

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The purpose of this project is to widely disseminate a system of yoga tools to university students, faculty, and staff internationally to buffer the psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. A recent study finds that stress, anxiety, and depression are the major psychological responses to COVID-19 during the early outbreaks in China (Wang et al., 2020). Globally, universities have closed campuses and moved learning, teaching, and working online with a very short notice. CDC suggests that keeping physically active and meditation are among the key activities to maintain a strong immune system and mental health during quarantine. Studies have documented physical and mental benefits of yoga practices (Balasubramaniam, Telles, \& Doraiswamy, 2013; Brems, 2015; Brunner, Abramovitch, \& Etherton, 2017; Büssing, Michalsen, Telles, Sherman, \& Khalsa, 2012) This project introduces a system of yoga tools to buffer the psychological impact of COVID-19. This system of yoga tools is designed by Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, a yogi, mystic, author, and founder of the Isha Foundation. The Isha foundation is a volunteer-based international non-profit organization, offering yoga and meditation programs for human wellbeing and global harmony. In partnership with the Isha Foundation and Harvard University Medical School, the study will document the short-term and long-term effects of these yogic practices on stress, mood, wellbeing, resilience, and academic engagement for students and work engagement for faculty and staff during this challenging time.

Conditions

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Stress Anxiety Depression Resilience Wellbeing Mood

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

CROSSOVER

Randomized waitlist control cross over
Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Group 1 - Yoga Group

Learn online yoga practices and practice daily for 12-weeks

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Yoga

Intervention Type OTHER

Yoga Namaskar and Nadi Shuddhi

Group 2 - Control Group

waist-list control for 4-week, cross-over to yoga practice for 8-week

Group Type OTHER

Yoga

Intervention Type OTHER

Yoga Namaskar and Nadi Shuddhi

Interventions

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Yoga

Yoga Namaskar and Nadi Shuddhi

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* 18 or older
* Enrolled in 4-year universities/colleges in 2020
* Not graduate in May 2020

Exclusion Criteria

* Younger than 18
* Not enrolled in 4-year universities/colleges in 2020
* Graduate in May 2020
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Harvard Medical School (HMS and HSDM)

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Tracy F. H. Chang, Ph.D.

Associate Extension Specialist

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Tracy F Chang, Ph.D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Rutgers University

Locations

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Rutgers University

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Tracy F Chang, Ph.D.

Role: CONTACT

2052666477

Facility Contacts

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Tracy F Chang, Ph.D.

Role: primary

References

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Balasubramaniam M, Telles S, Doraiswamy PM. Yoga on our minds: a systematic review of yoga for neuropsychiatric disorders. Front Psychiatry. 2013 Jan 25;3:117. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2012.00117. eCollection 2012.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 23355825 (View on PubMed)

Brems C. A Yoga Stress Reduction Intervention for University Faculty, Staff, and Graduate Students. Int J Yoga Therap. 2015;25(1):61-77. doi: 10.17761/1531-2054-25.1.61.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 26667290 (View on PubMed)

Brunner D, Abramovitch A, Etherton J. A yoga program for cognitive enhancement. PLoS One. 2017 Aug 4;12(8):e0182366. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0182366. eCollection 2017.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 28783749 (View on PubMed)

Bussing A, Michalsen A, Khalsa SB, Telles S, Sherman KJ. Effects of yoga on mental and physical health: a short summary of reviews. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2012;2012:165410. doi: 10.1155/2012/165410. Epub 2012 Sep 13.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 23008738 (View on PubMed)

Cohen S, Kamarck T, Mermelstein R. A global measure of perceived stress. J Health Soc Behav. 1983 Dec;24(4):385-96. No abstract available.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 6668417 (View on PubMed)

Froeliger BE, Garland EL, Modlin LA, McClernon FJ. Neurocognitive correlates of the effects of yoga meditation practice on emotion and cognition: a pilot study. Front Integr Neurosci. 2012 Jul 26;6:48. doi: 10.3389/fnint.2012.00048. eCollection 2012.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 22855674 (View on PubMed)

Gard T, Noggle JJ, Park CL, Vago DR, Wilson A. Potential self-regulatory mechanisms of yoga for psychological health. Front Hum Neurosci. 2014 Sep 30;8:770. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00770. eCollection 2014.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 25368562 (View on PubMed)

Schmalzl L, Powers C, Henje Blom E. Neurophysiological and neurocognitive mechanisms underlying the effects of yoga-based practices: towards a comprehensive theoretical framework. Front Hum Neurosci. 2015 May 8;9:235. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00235. eCollection 2015.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 26005409 (View on PubMed)

Smith BW, Dalen J, Wiggins K, Tooley E, Christopher P, Bernard J. The brief resilience scale: assessing the ability to bounce back. Int J Behav Med. 2008;15(3):194-200. doi: 10.1080/10705500802222972.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 18696313 (View on PubMed)

Tennant R, Hiller L, Fishwick R, Platt S, Joseph S, Weich S, Parkinson J, Secker J, Stewart-Brown S. The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS): development and UK validation. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2007 Nov 27;5:63. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-5-63.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 18042300 (View on PubMed)

Wang C, Pan R, Wan X, Tan Y, Xu L, Ho CS, Ho RC. Immediate Psychological Responses and Associated Factors during the Initial Stage of the 2019 Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Epidemic among the General Population in China. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Mar 6;17(5):1729. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17051729.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 32155789 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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Pro2020000953

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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