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| Harvard Medical School (HMS and HSDM) | OTHER |
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The study evaluates the effectiveness of yoga practices on reducing stress, negative emotion, anxiety, and depression and on increasing positive emotion, wellbeing and resilience. The study uses randomized wait-list control. All U.S. undergraduate students in 4-year universities and colleges age 18 or older are eligible to participate.
The purpose of this project is to widely disseminate a system of yoga tools to university students, faculty, and staff internationally to buffer the psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. A recent study finds that stress, anxiety, and depression are the major psychological responses to COVID-19 during the early outbreaks in China (Wang et al., 2020). Globally, universities have closed campuses and moved learning, teaching, and working online with a very short notice. CDC suggests that keeping physically active and meditation are among the key activities to maintain a strong immune system and mental health during quarantine. Studies have documented physical and mental benefits of yoga practices (Balasubramaniam, Telles, & Doraiswamy, 2013; Brems, 2015; Brunner, Abramovitch, & Etherton, 2017; Büssing, Michalsen, Telles, Sherman, & Khalsa, 2012) This project introduces a system of yoga tools to buffer the psychological impact of COVID-19. This system of yoga tools is designed by Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, a yogi, mystic, author, and founder of the Isha Foundation. The Isha foundation is a volunteer-based international non-profit organization, offering yoga and meditation programs for human wellbeing and global harmony. In partnership with the Isha Foundation and Harvard University Medical School, the study will document the short-term and long-term effects of these yogic practices on stress, mood, wellbeing, resilience, and academic engagement for students and work engagement for faculty and staff during this challenging time.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Group 1 - Yoga Group | Experimental | Learn online yoga practices and practice daily for 12-weeks |
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| Group 2 - Control Group | Other | waist-list control for 4-week, cross-over to yoga practice for 8-week |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Yoga | Other | Yoga Namaskar and Nadi Shuddhi |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Stress | 10-item Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), score 0-40, higher the score, higher stress | Change from baseline stress at 1-Month |
| Stress | 10-item Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), score 0-40, higher the score, higher stress | Change from baseline stress at 2-Month |
| Stress | 10-item Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), score 0-40, higher the score, higher stress | Change from baseline stress in 3-Month |
| Wellbeing | 14-item Warwick-Edinburgh Wellbeing Scale (WEMWBS), score14-70, higher score higher wellbeing | Change from baseline wellbeing in 2-week |
| Wellbeing | 14-item Warwick-Edinburgh Wellbeing Scale (WEMWBS), score14-70, higher score higher wellbeing | Change from baseline wellbeing in 4-week |
| Wellbeing | 14-item Warwick-Edinburgh Wellbeing Scale (WEMWBS), score14-70, higher score higher wellbeing | Change from baseline wellbeing in 6-week |
| Wellbeing | 14-item Warwick-Edinburgh Wellbeing Scale (WEMWBS), score14-70, higher score higher wellbeing | Change from baseline wellbeing in 8-week |
| Wellbeing |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Anxiety | 2-item PHQ-4, score 2-8, higher score higher anxiety | Change from baseline anxiety in 2-week |
| Anxiety | 2-item PHQ-4, score 2-8, higher score higher anxiety |
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Tracy F Chang, Ph.D. | Contact | 2052666477 | tracy.chang@rutgers.edu |
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| Tracy F Chang, Ph.D. | Rutgers University | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Rutgers University | Recruiting | New Brunswick | New Jersey | 08901 | United States |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 23355825 | Background | Balasubramaniam M, Telles S, Doraiswamy PM. Yoga on our minds: a systematic review of yoga for neuropsychiatric disorders. Front Psychiatry. 2013 Jan 25;3:117. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2012.00117. eCollection 2012. | |
| 26667290 | Background | Brems C. A Yoga Stress Reduction Intervention for University Faculty, Staff, and Graduate Students. Int J Yoga Therap. 2015;25(1):61-77. doi: 10.17761/1531-2054-25.1.61. |
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| ID | Term |
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| D001008 | Anxiety Disorders |
| D003863 | Depression |
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| D001523 | Mental Disorders |
| D001526 | Behavioral Symptoms |
| D001519 | Behavior |
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| D015013 | Yoga |
| ID | Term |
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| D026441 | Mind-Body Therapies |
| D000529 | Complementary Therapies |
| D013812 | Therapeutics |
| D026443 | Spiritual Therapies |
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Randomized waitlist control cross over
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14-item Warwick-Edinburgh Wellbeing Scale (WEMWBS), score14-70, higher score higher wellbeing
| Change from baseline wellbeing in 10-week |
| Wellbeing | 14-item Warwick-Edinburgh Wellbeing Scale (WEMWBS), score14-70, higher score higher wellbeing | Change from baseline wellbeing in 12-week |
| Change from baseline anxiety in 4-week |
| Anxiety | 2-item PHQ-4, score 2-8, higher score higher anxiety | Change from baseline anxiety in 6-week |
| Anxiety | 2-item PHQ-4, score 2-8, higher score higher anxiety | Change from baseline anxiety in 8-week |
| Anxiety | 2-item PHQ-4, score 2-8, higher score higher anxiety | Change from baseline anxiety in 10-week |
| Anxiety | 2-item PHQ-4, score 2-8, higher score higher anxiety | Change from baseline anxiety in 12-week |
| Depression | 2-item PHQ-4, score 2-8, higher score higher depression | Change from baseline depression in 2-week |
| Depression | 2-item PHQ-4, score 2-8, higher score higher depression | Change from baseline depression in 4-week |
| Depression | 2-item PHQ-4, score 2-8, higher score higher depression | Change from baseline depression in 6-week |
| Depression | 2-item PHQ-4, score 2-8, higher score higher depression | Change from baseline depression in 8-week |
| Depression | 2-item PHQ-4, score 2-8, higher score higher depression | Change from baseline depression in 10-week |
| Depression | 2-item PHQ-4, score 2-8, higher score higher depression | Change from baseline depression in 12-week |
| Resilience | 6-item Brief Resilience Scale (BRS), score 6-30, higher score higher resilience | Change from baseline resilience in 1-month |
| Resilience | 6-item Brief Resilience Scale (BRS), score 6-30, higher score higher resilience | Change from baseline resilience in 2-month |
| Resilience | 6-item Brief Resilience Scale (BRS), score 6-30, higher score higher resilience | Change from baseline resilience in 3-month |
| Positive Affect | 10-item Positive Affect Scale, score - 10 to 50, higher score more positive affect | Change from baseline positive affect in 2-week |
| Positive Affect | 10-item Positive Affect Scale, score - 10 to 50, higher score more positive affect | Change from baseline positive affect in 4-week |
| Positive Affect | 10-item Positive Affect Scale, score - 10 to 50, higher score more positive affect | Change from baseline positive affect in 6-week |
| Positive Affect | 10-item Positive Affect Scale, score - 10 to 50, higher score more positive affect | Change from baseline positive affect in 8-week |
| Positive Affect | 10-item Positive Affect Scale, score - 10 to 50, higher score more positive affect | Change from baseline positive affect in 10-week |
| Positive Affect | 10-item Positive Affect Scale, score - 10 to 50, higher score higher positive affect | Change from baseline positive affect in 12-week |
| Negative Affect | 10-item Negative Affect Scale, score - 10 to 50, higher score higher negative affect | Change from baseline negative affect in 2-week |
| Negative Affect | 10-item Negative Affect Scale, score - 10 to 50, higher score higher negative affect | Change from baseline negative affect in 4-week |
| Negative Affect | 10-item Negative Affect Scale, score - 10 to 50, higher score higher negative affect | Change from baseline negative affect in 6-week |
| Negative Affect | 10-item Negative Affect Scale, score - 10 to 50, higher score higher negative affect | Change from baseline negative affect in 8-week |
| Negative Affect | 10-item Negative Affect Scale, score - 10 to 50, higher score higher negative affect | Change from baseline negative affect in 10-week |
| Negative Affect | 10-item Negative Affect Scale, score - 10 to 50, higher score higher negative affect | Change from baseline negative affect in 12-week |
| 28783749 | Background | Brunner D, Abramovitch A, Etherton J. A yoga program for cognitive enhancement. PLoS One. 2017 Aug 4;12(8):e0182366. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0182366. eCollection 2017. |
| 23008738 | Background | Bussing A, Michalsen A, Khalsa SB, Telles S, Sherman KJ. Effects of yoga on mental and physical health: a short summary of reviews. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2012;2012:165410. doi: 10.1155/2012/165410. Epub 2012 Sep 13. |
| 6668417 | Background | Cohen S, Kamarck T, Mermelstein R. A global measure of perceived stress. J Health Soc Behav. 1983 Dec;24(4):385-96. No abstract available. |
| 22855674 | Background | Froeliger BE, Garland EL, Modlin LA, McClernon FJ. Neurocognitive correlates of the effects of yoga meditation practice on emotion and cognition: a pilot study. Front Integr Neurosci. 2012 Jul 26;6:48. doi: 10.3389/fnint.2012.00048. eCollection 2012. |
| 25368562 | Background | Gard T, Noggle JJ, Park CL, Vago DR, Wilson A. Potential self-regulatory mechanisms of yoga for psychological health. Front Hum Neurosci. 2014 Sep 30;8:770. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00770. eCollection 2014. |
| 26005409 | Background | Schmalzl L, Powers C, Henje Blom E. Neurophysiological and neurocognitive mechanisms underlying the effects of yoga-based practices: towards a comprehensive theoretical framework. Front Hum Neurosci. 2015 May 8;9:235. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00235. eCollection 2015. |
| 18696313 | Background | Smith BW, Dalen J, Wiggins K, Tooley E, Christopher P, Bernard J. The brief resilience scale: assessing the ability to bounce back. Int J Behav Med. 2008;15(3):194-200. doi: 10.1080/10705500802222972. |
| 18042300 | Background | Tennant R, Hiller L, Fishwick R, Platt S, Joseph S, Weich S, Parkinson J, Secker J, Stewart-Brown S. The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS): development and UK validation. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2007 Nov 27;5:63. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-5-63. |
| 32155789 | Background | Wang C, Pan R, Wan X, Tan Y, Xu L, Ho CS, Ho RC. Immediate Psychological Responses and Associated Factors during the Initial Stage of the 2019 Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Epidemic among the General Population in China. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Mar 6;17(5):1729. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17051729. |
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| Exercise Movement Techniques |
| D026741 | Physical Therapy Modalities |