The Effect of Yoga on Mindfulness and Perceived Stress

NCT06405789 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: IDU-SBF-ÖE-01
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 56
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study aimed to examine the effect of yoga on mindfulness and perceived stress levels in nursing students. A randomized controlled study was conducted in a nursing department in western Turkey between September 2019 and January 2020. The required institutional permission and ethics committee approval was received. The study participants were 56 nursing students with (intervention group (n:29), control group (n:27). The intervention group received the yoga program for 15 weeks delivered once a week. The control group did not practice yoga.

Conditions

Stress

Keywords

yoga; mindfulness

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Mindful Attention Awareness Scale

  The scale consists of fifteen items and consists of one dimension. The 6-point Likert-type scale has a rating scale of "1=almost always, 2=most of the time, 3=sometimes, 4=rarely, 5=very rarely, 6=almost never". While this scale provides a single total score, high scores indicate high levels of mindfulness

  15 weeks

• Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)

  The PSS, which consists of a total of 10 items, was developed to measure the extent to which certain situations in a person's life are perceived as stressful. Participants rated each item on a 5-point Likert-type scale ranging from "Never (0)" to "Very often (4)". While The scores of the PSS-10 range from 0 to 40 and from 0 to 16. A high score indicates an increased perception of stress

  15 weeks

Study Arms (2)

intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

The intervention group participated in 15 weeks of yoga/awareness activities led by the researcher. The yoga curriculum for the use of yoga in the classroom had been previously studied with nursing students and permission was obtained for its use in this study. The course content consists of 1.5 hours/per week (theoretical: 30 minutes; practical: 60 minutes) Each yoga session includes 5 minutes of breathing (pranayama) and warming up, 40 minutes of postures (asanas), 5 minutes of breathing (pranayama), 5 minutes of corpse pose (shavasana).In addition, to develop mindfulness, after the class, students were offered daily practices that enable a mindfulness-based approach to life events. The students participated in activities such as yoga practice, breathing and relaxation exercises, meditation practices with instructor notes and resources.

Other: yoga practice

control

NO INTERVENTION

No intervention

Interventions

yoga practice OTHER

The researcher has a yoga certificate before the study. The intervention group participated in 15 weeks of yoga/awareness activities led by the researcher. The yoga curriculum for the use of yoga in the classroom had been previously studied with nursing students and permission was obtained for its use in this study \[11\]. The course content consists of 1.5 hours/per week (theoretical: 30 minutes; practical: 60 minutes) Each yoga session includes 5 minutes of breathing (pranayama) and warming up, 40 minutes of postures (asanas), 5 minutes of breathing (pranayama), 5 minutes of corpse pose (shavasana).In addition, to develop mindfulness, after the class, students were offered daily practices that enable a mindfulness-based approach to life events. The students participated in activities such as yoga practice, breathing and relaxation exercises, meditation practices with instructor notes and resources.

intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• being a first-year class nursing student
• older than 18 ages
• volunteering to participate
• giving consent

You may not qualify if:

• with a disability to practice yoga, hearing, and visual impairment
• unwillingness to continue participating in the study and school absenteeism

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Izmir Democracy University: lead

Study Sites (1)

İzmir Democracy University

Izmir, Ege Bölgesi, 35560, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Study Officials

• özüm erkin, Ph.D

  İzmir Democracy University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Masking Details: A random allocation sequence was generated by an off-site statistician who was not involved in the participants' interventions. The statistician was given a class list of 69 people and asked to randomly assign them to groups A and B. The statistician did not know what A and B meant.
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor

Model Details: A randomized controlled design with intervention and control groups.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 4, 2024
• First Posted: May 8, 2024
• Study Start: September 30, 2019
• Primary Completion: January 20, 2020
• Study Completion: January 30, 2020
• Last Updated: October 2, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-09

Locations

TU (1)