Healthy University Bern Through Yoga - A Worksite Wellness Intervention

NCT ID: NCT05101226

Last Updated: 2025-08-05

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

35 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-10-01

Study Completion Date

2022-03-12

Brief Summary

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This study aims to research the effect of a 8-week long worksite yoga intervention on the perceived health of the University of Bern employees. Furthermore, in light of the current transition to online options, this study will compare the effects of yoga classes attended in person to those attended online.

Detailed Description

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After giving informed consent, the participants of the study will be randomly assigned to the intervention or waiting list control group. The intervention group will take part in a 8-week long yoga program before the christmas break, while the waiting list control group will receive the same intervention at the beginning of the new year. For both time periods the participants will be randomly assigned to the in person or the online group.

There will be four measurement times when all the participants will be asked to fill out an online questionnaire before and after both implementations of the intervention. The questionnaires include demographic data, perceived health (SF-8), perceived stress (PSS), well-being (BIT), physical activity questionaire (Godin Leisure-Time Exercise Questionnaire) as well as a questionnaire concerning the satisfaction of the intervention after the participants have actively taken part in the yoga intervention.

Conditions

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Healthy

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

FACTORIAL

The participants will be randomly assigned either to the waiting list control group or the intervention group. The intervention group will be evenly split into the attending the yoga classes in person and attending them online.
Primary Study Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

The participants know in which group they are, as does the yoga instructor and the investigator

Study Groups

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Intervention in person

The participants in this group will receive 8 weeks of yoga classes, that they attend in person.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Yoga attended in person

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

One or two weekly yoga classes taught and attended in person with a duration of 60 minutes each. The participants can chose if they want to attend one or both classes. The classes will start with a 10 minute Warm Up and a short Meditation, 10 minutes Sun Salutations, 15 minutes standing Asanas, 15 minutes sitting and lying Asanas and 10 minutes Shavasanah and Meditation.

Intervention online

The participants in this group will receive 8 weeks of yoga classes, that they attend online via zoom.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Yoga attended online

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

One or two weekly yoga classes taught and attended online with a duration of 60 minutes each. The participants can chose if they want to attend one or both classes. The classes will start with a 10 minute Warm Up and a short Meditation, 10 minutes Sun Salutations, 15 minutes standing Asanas, 15 minutes sitting and lying Asanas and 10 minutes Shavasanah and Meditation.

Waiting list control in person

The waiting list control in person group will participate in person in the same yoga classes as the intervention in person group but only after the first group has finished the intervention

Group Type OTHER

Yoga attended in person

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

One or two weekly yoga classes taught and attended in person with a duration of 60 minutes each. The participants can chose if they want to attend one or both classes. The classes will start with a 10 minute Warm Up and a short Meditation, 10 minutes Sun Salutations, 15 minutes standing Asanas, 15 minutes sitting and lying Asanas and 10 minutes Shavasanah and Meditation.

waiting list control online

The waiting list control online group will participate online in the same yoga classes as the intervention online group but only after the first group has finished the intervention

Group Type OTHER

Yoga attended online

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

One or two weekly yoga classes taught and attended online with a duration of 60 minutes each. The participants can chose if they want to attend one or both classes. The classes will start with a 10 minute Warm Up and a short Meditation, 10 minutes Sun Salutations, 15 minutes standing Asanas, 15 minutes sitting and lying Asanas and 10 minutes Shavasanah and Meditation.

Interventions

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Yoga attended in person

One or two weekly yoga classes taught and attended in person with a duration of 60 minutes each. The participants can chose if they want to attend one or both classes. The classes will start with a 10 minute Warm Up and a short Meditation, 10 minutes Sun Salutations, 15 minutes standing Asanas, 15 minutes sitting and lying Asanas and 10 minutes Shavasanah and Meditation.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Yoga attended online

One or two weekly yoga classes taught and attended online with a duration of 60 minutes each. The participants can chose if they want to attend one or both classes. The classes will start with a 10 minute Warm Up and a short Meditation, 10 minutes Sun Salutations, 15 minutes standing Asanas, 15 minutes sitting and lying Asanas and 10 minutes Shavasanah and Meditation.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Employee of the University of Bern
* Understanding German
* Ability to participate in 8 yoga classes

Exclusion Criteria

\-
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University of Bern

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Claudio Nigg, Prof. Dr.

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Institute for Sport and Sportscience, University of Bern

Locations

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Institute of Sport and Sportscience, University of Bern

Bern, , Switzerland

Site Status

Countries

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Switzerland

Other Identifiers

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Healthy UB through Yoga

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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