Effect of Practicing Yoga and Meditation on Cortisol Hormone, Immunoglobulin a and Metabolic Parameter Among Medical Students

NCT ID: NCT06661603

Last Updated: 2024-12-09

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

280 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-02-07

Study Completion Date

2025-07-31

Brief Summary

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This clinical trial aims to develop and test a yoga intervention to improve cortisol hormone rhythm, immunoglobulin A, and metabolic markers among medical students. The development of the yoga protocol, "GSY Goodbye Stress with Yoga Proto-col," was a collaborative effort involving a certified yoga trainer, medical researcher, and experienced yogis from India. GSY yoga intervention, which includes yoga asanas poses, breathing techniques, and guided meditation, may reduce stress levels, improve immunity, and enhance other metabolic parameters in medical students.

Detailed Description

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PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:

1. To examine the effectiveness of yoga intervention as a stress reduction technique and measure its effects on the level of cortisol, immunoglobulin A (IgA), and metabolic parameters.
2. To Compare the outcomes of a yoga intervention group to a non-yoga intervention group to determine whether practicing yoga can reduce the negative impacts of elevated cortisol on the physiological parameters.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

1. To determine the correlation between the psychophysiological stress and cortisol hormone in students.
2. To investigate the effect of yoga intervention on student mental health and well-being.

OUTLINE:

Participants receive yoga intervention from a certified yoga trainer once a week for 10 weeks.

Conditions

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Healthy Adult Children

Keywords

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Medical students Yoga Cortisol Hormone Immunoglobulin mental health

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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GSY Yoga Intervention

GSY Goodbye Stress with Yoga Protocol Full body warm-up and light stretching exercise 15 min Performing various yoga postures - including standing, sitting, prone, and supine yoga postures (Asanas) 50 min Breathing exercises = (Pranayama)10 min and Meditation15 min

\*The development of the yoga protocol, named "GSY Goodbye Stress with Yoga Protocol," was a collaborative effort involving a certified yoga trainer, a medical researcher, and experienced yogis from India.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

GSY Yoga Intervention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

In the GSY yoga intervention, where participants received 90 minutes/week yoga intervention for duration of 10 weeks.

Control Group

The participants who don't receive any kind of therapy, which means the control group with standard care and without any treatment or intervention.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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GSY Yoga Intervention

In the GSY yoga intervention, where participants received 90 minutes/week yoga intervention for duration of 10 weeks.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Exclusion Criteria

Students with illnesses (such as recent injuries, chronic pain, or significant arthritis) that would make it unsafe for them to take part in a yoga intervention will be excluded from the study.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

40 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University of Pecs

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Shalini Chauhan

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Assistant Professor, PhD student University of Pécs

Locations

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University of Pécs

Pécs, Pécs, Hungary

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Hungary

Central Contacts

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Shalini Chauhan

Role: CONTACT

Phone: +36-72/501-500/61682

Email: [email protected]

Shalini Chauhan

Role: CONTACT

Phone: +36 (72) 513-678

Email: [email protected]

Facility Contacts

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Viktória Prémusz

Role: primary

Shalini Chauhan

Role: backup

Karsai István

Role: backup

Viktória Prémusz

Role: backup

References

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Chauhan S, Babu AM, Galgalo DA, Melczer C, Premusz V, Karsai I. Effect of yoga in medical students to reduce the level of depression, anxiety, and stress: pilot study (Goodbye Stress with Yoga GSY). BMC Complement Med Ther. 2024 May 24;24(1):203. doi: 10.1186/s12906-024-04496-0.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 38790041 (View on PubMed)

Chauhan S, Najaf SS, Gergely L, Kinga KA, Karsai I, Premusz V. Impact of 10 Weeks of Yoga Intervention on Mental Health and Overall Well-Being Among Medical Students: GSY Study. Sports (Basel). 2025 Apr 10;13(4):114. doi: 10.3390/sports13040114.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 40278740 (View on PubMed)

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Other Identifiers

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GSY (Goodbye Stress with Yoga)

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id