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| Name | Class |
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| Ekhaga Foundation Stockholm Sweden | UNKNOWN |
| Region Stockholm | OTHER_GOV |
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The purpose of this study is to investigate if yoga can be an effective stress management technique for health care personnel.
Stress, both job related and personal, is an increasing problem in the health care sector. Yoga is said to have a good stress-reducing effect.
The participants will provide blood, urine, and saliva samples. They will take part in two different stress tests. They will also fill in various qualitative questionnaires, including the Swedish questionnaire on health related quality of life (SWEDQUAL), Antonovsky's sense of coherence scale (KASAM), and the Job stress survey (JSS), both before the study starts and after 3 months of participation.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Yoga as stress management | Experimental | The intervention consists of following a program of yoga at least three times a week for three months. The yoga program has been designed to reduce stress. |
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| Control group | Active Comparator | The group rests without using any specific program for relaxation at least three times a week for three months. |
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| Yoga as stress management fewer tests | Other | Eight persons participated in the same intervention as the experimental arm but did not undergo the full range of tests because they did not meet all the inclusion criteria for the study, most commonly because of medication use or body mass index. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Yoga as stress management | Behavioral | Yoga specially designed to reduce stress is practiced for approximately 30 minutes at least three times a week for three months, once in a group session led by a trained yoga instructor and twice or more at home. The yoga techniques used are physical postures or movements, meditation and breathing exercises. Every time they do the techniques, participants fill in a form detailing how they feel before and after and providing information on the experience of doing the exercises. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Reduced cortisol secretion | Three months |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Reduced stress measured by qualitative questionnaires (SWEQUAL, JSS, KASAM) | Three months |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Astrid M Grensman, MD | KI, Center for Family and Community Medicine | Principal Investigator |
| Bikash D Acharya, M sc in Psy | KI, Center for Family and Community Medicine | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Center for Family and Community Medicine, KI | Huddinge | Stockholm County | 141 83 | Sweden |
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| ID | Term |
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| D013315 | Stress, Psychological |
| ID | Term |
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| D001526 | Behavioral Symptoms |
| D001519 | Behavior |
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| ID | Term |
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| D015013 | Yoga |
| D009068 | Movement |
| D001945 | Breathing Exercises |
| D019122 | Meditation |
| C092779 | RE1-silencing transcription factor |
| ID | Term |
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| D026441 | Mind-Body Therapies |
| D000529 | Complementary Therapies |
| D013812 | Therapeutics |
| D026443 | Spiritual Therapies |
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| Rest without using any relaxation technique | Other | The participants rest at home at least 30 minutes, at least three times a week for three months and without using any relaxation technique |
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| D026241 |
| Exercise Movement Techniques |
| D026741 | Physical Therapy Modalities |
| D010829 | Physiological Phenomena |
| D009142 | Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena |
| D055687 | Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena |
| D012064 | Relaxation Therapy |
| D001521 | Behavior Therapy |
| D011613 | Psychotherapy |
| D004191 | Behavioral Disciplines and Activities |