Yoga on Stress Management in Adolescents

NCT05324709 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2022-799
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 120
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The World Health Organization (WHO, 2013) defined the 10-19 age group as "adolescent" and the 15-24 age group as "youth". Adolescence period; It is a period of rapid growth, development and maturation in terms of physical, mental, biochemical and social aspects.10-20% of children and adolescents living in the world have mental health diseases such as generalized anxiety disorders, depression, eating disorders, and post-traumatic stress disorders.In adolescents, yoga is practiced as a relaxing tool to reduce stress, especially for exam anxiety.In Turkey, there are no yoga-based experimental studies to prevent anxiety, stress and depression in adolescents.

Conditions

Adolescent Behavior; Adolescent Problem Behavior

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Change in stress level compared to baseline at 3 months.

  Stress symptoms experienced by adolescents will be measured by the Perceived Stress Scale. A minimum of 0 and a maximum of 56 points are obtained from the scale. The high total score indicates the high level of stress experienced by the person.

  Basaline, week 1, month 3

• Change in anxiety level compared to baseline at 3 months.

  Anxiety symptoms experienced by adolescents will be measured with the Beck Anxiety Scale. A minimum score of 0 and a maximum of 63 points is obtained from the scale. The high total score indicates the high level of anxiety experienced by the person.

  Basaline, week 1, month 3

• Change in depression level compared to baseline at 3 months.

  Depression symptoms experienced by adolescents will be measured with the Reynolds Adolescent Depression Scale. A minimum of 30 and a maximum of 120 points can be obtained from the scale. A high total score indicates that the depression experienced by the person is high.

  Basaline, week 1, month 3

Study Arms (2)

Experimental

EXPERIMENTAL

The program will be carried out one day a week for four weeks. Yin yoga practices will be applied in the program. Each session will last a total of 40 minutes. The first 20 minutes of yin yoga sessions. Participants will be given training on stress management, breathing and yin yoga. Afterwards, each session of Yin yoga exercises will be started with pranayama (breathing) exercises for 2 minutes, followed by Suryanamaskar-A (Sun Salute-A) for warming up and Yin yoga exercises will be done. The program will be completed by applying the focus on Moment in the last 5 minute. In addition, the participants will be given homework related to the subject of each week. The training booklet will be distributed to the participants before the program. Stress management sessions of the Adolescent Health Promotion-Physical Activity, Nutrition, Stress Management (COPE HEALTH- TEEN ) program will be used in the stress management training to be explained in the program.

Behavioral: Yoga Based Stress Management Program

No Intervention

NO INTERVENTION

The control group will be given 60 minutes of "in the moment" and stress management training.

Interventions

Yoga Based Stress Management Program BEHAVIORAL

Yoga-based stress management program is applied to the intervention group.

Experimental

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 16 Years - 18 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• High school senior student
• Those who volunteered to participate in the research and
• Students who are allowed to participate in the research by their parents

You may not qualify if:

• Students with any physical or mental disability • Low levels of perceived stress, anxiety, depression

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Karabuk University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Karabuk University

Karabük, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Adolescent Behavior

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, INVESTIGATOR
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 17, 2022
• First Posted: April 12, 2022
• Study Start: April 18, 2022
• Primary Completion: May 18, 2022
• Study Completion: August 18, 2022
• Last Updated: January 30, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-01

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)