The Effects of Yoga in Mental Health Professional Helpers
The Effects of Yoga on Work-related Stress and Stress Adaption Among the Professional Helpers of Psychiatry
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interventional
60
1 country
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Brief Summary
This study will investigate if yoga exercises decrease work-related stress and improve stress adaptation in professional health helpers.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
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participants targeted
Target at P25-P50 for not_applicable
Started Mar 2013
1 active site
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
March 1, 2013
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
August 27, 2014
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
August 28, 2014
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
December 1, 2014
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
December 1, 2014
CompletedSeptember 3, 2014
September 1, 2014
1.8 years
August 27, 2014
September 2, 2014
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Decrease work-related stress and improve stress adaptation.
Work-related stress and stress adaptation will be assessed by questionnaires including personality, work-related stress and stress adaption scale and biofeedback index using heart rate variability at two different times: (1)baseline data: before yoga program ,(2)outcome data:3 months yoga exercise, right after exercise measures post-test.
3 months intervention
Study Arms (2)
Yoga exercise
EXPERIMENTALParticipatants will receive regular 60-minutes yoga classes twice a week for 3 months.
Regular schedule of daily living
NO INTERVENTIONParticipants will maintain regular schedule as usual.
Interventions
Yoga group will receive regular 60-minutes yoga classes twice a week for 3 months.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Mental Health Professional Helpers.
- Without sport training.
- Age 20\~60.
You may not qualify if:
- Musculoskeletal injury.
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
Division of Core Laboratory; Chang Bing Show Chwan Memorial Hospital
Changhua County, Taiwan
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Interventions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- STUDY DIRECTOR
Shu-Hui Yeh Yeh, PhD
Show Chwan Memorial Hospital & Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Shu-Ling Lin, MS
Chang Bing Show Chwan Memorial Hospital
Central Study Contacts
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- SINGLE
- Who Masked
- OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
- Purpose
- BASIC SCIENCE
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- RN, PhD, Professor
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
August 27, 2014
First Posted
August 28, 2014
Study Start
March 1, 2013
Primary Completion
December 1, 2014
Study Completion
December 1, 2014
Last Updated
September 3, 2014
Record last verified: 2014-09