Standardized Yoga & Meditation Program for Stress Reduction for Adolescents With Irritable Bowel Syndrome

NCT ID: NCT05719246

Last Updated: 2024-10-15

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

10 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-12-30

Study Completion Date

2026-12-31

Brief Summary

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Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is the most common cause of recurrent abdominal pain in children. IBS is a functional gastrointestinal disorder that is linked to motor and sensory physiology, as well as the central nervous system, that presents as abdominal pain with abnormal defecation patterns. This discomfort leads to emotional stress, decreased quality of life, and anxiety. The study proposes that yoga and mindfulness will decrease anxiety and increase quality of life for patients with IBS. The aim of this study is to measure the impact of a brief, at-home, 6-week twice per week Standardized Yoga \& Meditation Program for Stress Reduction program on anxiety, IBS symptoms, and quality of life in children ages 12-21 diagnosed with IBS.

Detailed Description

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Background: Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), is the most common cause of general recurrent abdominal pain (RAP) in children. IBS is a functional gastrointestinal disorder that is linked to motor and sensory physiology, as well as the central nervous system, that presents as abdominal pain with abnormal defecation patterns. This discomfort often significantly impacts the patient's life, leading to emotional stress, decreased quality of life due to necessary changes in daily living to accommodate bathroom patterns, as well as anxiety and depression. Since IBS is often accompanied by anxiety, along with other psychological and quality of life issues, it will be evaluated whether practicing yoga and mindfulness will decrease anxiety and increase quality of life for patients with IBS

Objective: To measure the impact of a brief, at-home, 6-week twice per week Standardized Yoga \& Meditation Program for Stress Reduction (SYMPro-SR) program on anxiety, IBS symptoms, and quality of life in children ages 12-21 years old diagnosed with Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

Methods: This is a pilot, IRB approved, prospective study. Children ages 12-21 who suffer from any of the four types of Irritable Bowel Syndromes will be identified. Each subject will be asked to fill out the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Disorders, Children Somatic Symptoms Inventory and Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory questionnaires before and after an online, 6- week yoga course. Anxiety will be measured using the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Disorders and quality of life will be measured using Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory and Children Somatic Symptoms Inventory tests. Results of the questionnaires total scores and sub-scales will be analyzed as continuous variables using paired t-tests or the Wilcoxon signed rank tests for the pre-post results and ANCOVA for repeated measures incorporating age, sex, baseline scores, etc. as covariates. Comparisons within the group will be done using Student paired t-test for continuous data. The difference will be considered significant at p\<0.05.

Conditions

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Irritable Bowel Syndrome Anxiety Quality of Life

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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IBS Patients Doing Yoga

All patients will fall under the arm of "IBS Patients Doing Yoga" and will follow the yoga videos that are assigned to them during the study. The participants are their own controls and their symptom changes will be recorded pre- and post-video watching and participation.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Yoga

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The yoga video set that the participants will follow is a brief, at-home, 6-week twice per week Standardized Yoga \& Meditation Program for Stress Reduction (SYMPro-SR) program. The videos feature Sydney Topfer guiding the participants through different yoga poses.

Interventions

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Yoga

The yoga video set that the participants will follow is a brief, at-home, 6-week twice per week Standardized Yoga \& Meditation Program for Stress Reduction (SYMPro-SR) program. The videos feature Sydney Topfer guiding the participants through different yoga poses.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients of Cooper Pediatric Gastroenterology practice in Camden, NJ or Voorhees, NJ
* Patients of Cooper Pediatric Gastroenterology practice in Voorhees, NJ
* Participants 12 to 21 years old with any type of IBS diagnosis
* Subjects must be able to access the internet to be able to watch the yoga videos on Youtube
* Patients must complete 4 out of 6 modules to stay in the study

Exclusion Criteria

* Participants under the age of 12
* Participants over the age of 21
Minimum Eligible Age

12 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

21 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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The Cooper Health System

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Alla Kushnir, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

The Cooper Health System

Locations

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Cooper University Hospital

Camden, New Jersey, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Alla Kushnir, MD

Role: CONTACT

856-342-2265

Sydney Topfer, BS

Role: CONTACT

201-563-5715

Facility Contacts

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Alla Kushnir, MD

Role: primary

856-342-2265

References

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Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 26690980 (View on PubMed)

Lacy BE, Patel NK. Rome Criteria and a Diagnostic Approach to Irritable Bowel Syndrome. J Clin Med. 2017 Oct 26;6(11):99. doi: 10.3390/jcm6110099.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 29072609 (View on PubMed)

Locke GR 3rd, Pemberton JH, Phillips SF. AGA technical review on constipation. American Gastroenterological Association. Gastroenterology. 2000 Dec;119(6):1766-78. doi: 10.1053/gast.2000.20392.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Khalsa SB, Hickey-Schultz L, Cohen D, Steiner N, Cope S. Evaluation of the mental health benefits of yoga in a secondary school: a preliminary randomized controlled trial. J Behav Health Serv Res. 2012 Jan;39(1):80-90. doi: 10.1007/s11414-011-9249-8.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 21647811 (View on PubMed)

Huguet A, Izaguirre Eguren J, Miguel-Ruiz D, Vall Valles X, Alda JA. Deficient Emotional Self-Regulation in Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Mindfulness as a Useful Treatment Modality. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2019 Jul/Aug;40(6):425-431. doi: 10.1097/DBP.0000000000000682.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 31135603 (View on PubMed)

Evans S, Seidman LC, Lung K, Sternlieb B, Zeltzer LK. Yoga for Teens With Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Results From a Mixed-Methods Pilot Study. Holist Nurs Pract. 2018 Sep/Oct;32(5):253-260. doi: 10.1097/HNP.0000000000000288.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 30113959 (View on PubMed)

Devanarayana NM, Rajindrajith S. Irritable bowel syndrome in children: Current knowledge, challenges and opportunities. World J Gastroenterol. 2018 Jun 7;24(21):2211-2235. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v24.i21.2211.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 29881232 (View on PubMed)

Reigada LC, Hoogendoorn CJ, Walsh LC, Lai J, Szigethy E, Cohen BH, Bao R, Isola K, Benkov KJ. Anxiety symptoms and disease severity in children and adolescents with Crohn disease. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2015 Jan;60(1):30-5. doi: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000000552.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 25187105 (View on PubMed)

Drossman DA, Camilleri M, Mayer EA, Whitehead WE. AGA technical review on irritable bowel syndrome. Gastroenterology. 2002 Dec;123(6):2108-31. doi: 10.1053/gast.2002.37095. No abstract available.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 12454866 (View on PubMed)

Provided Documents

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Document Type: Study Protocol and Statistical Analysis Plan

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Document Type: Informed Consent Form

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Other Identifiers

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19-126

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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