A Study of Yoga for Treating Geriatric Insomnia

NCT00661843 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: SZMCSL0001
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 74
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Insomnia is common in the elderly population and is associated with increased health problems, reduced quality of life and greater use of sleep inducing drugs. This research aims to examine the effectiveness of Yoga practice to treat insomnia in elderly people, determine the ability to enhance their quality of life and determine if it is suitable to western culture and conditions.

Conditions

Primary Geriatric Insomnia; Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders

Keywords

insomnia; geriatric; yoga; sleep; electrocardiogram

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Subjective sleep and life quality assessment using standard questionnaires and sleep logs

  all measures taken at baseline and post intervention for all participants participant who crossed over measured pre and post control phase and post intervention phase

  24 weeks

• Objective home based sleep studies using

  objective sleep studies using embletta mobile sleep recording system in conjunction with the HPC1000 sleep analysis system. all measures taken pre and post intervention. Participants who crossed over measured pre control, post control and post intervention phases

  24 weeks

Study Arms (2)

1

EXPERIMENTAL

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

Other: Integrated Yoga style practice

2

NO INTERVENTION

Control in waiting to be crossed over after control phase completed. Participants of this group studied using same objective and subjective outcome measures.

Interventions

Integrated Yoga style practice OTHER

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

1

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 60 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Age 60 years or older
• Independent, self mobile
• Suffering from light to severe primary insomnia

You may not qualify if:

• Age less than 60 years
• 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.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Shaare Zedek Medical Center: lead
• KTH Royal Institute of Technology: collaborator
• The Australia-Israel Scientific Exchange Foundation (AISEF): collaborator
• Israel Yoga Teachers Association: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Sleep Lab

Jerusalem, Israel, 91031, Israel

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Sleep Disorders, Intrinsic; Dyssomnias; Sleep Wake Disorders; Nervous System Diseases; Mental Disorders

Study Officials

• Anda Baharav, MD

  Shaare Zedek Medical Center

  STUDY CHAIR

• Jonathan Halpern, M.Sc.

  Royal Melbourne Institue of Technology University

  STUDY CHAIR

• Clement Cahan, MD

  Shaare Zedek Medical Center

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 16, 2008
• First Posted: April 18, 2008
• Study Start: May 1, 2008
• Primary Completion: January 1, 2009
• Study Completion: February 1, 2009
• Last Updated: October 5, 2010

Record last verified: 2010-08

Locations

IL (1)