Occupation-related Stress DisorderNCT02228161
The Effects of Yoga in Mental Health Professional Helpers
A study testing Yoga in people with Occupation-related Stress Disorder, run by Chang Bing Show Chwan Memorial Hospital at 1 site in Taiwan.
Trial summary
This study will investigate if yoga exercises decrease work-related stress and improve stress adaptation in professional health helpers. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 20 to 60 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Occupation-related Stress Disorder
- What is being tested?
- Yoga
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 60 participants
- Where
- 1 siteTaiwan
- Study dates
- Mar 2013to Dec 2014
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 20 to 60 years
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult
Who may be able to join
- Mental Health Professional Helpers.
- Without sport training.
- Age 20~60.
Who cannot join
- Musculoskeletal injury.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
Shu-Hui Yeh, PhD contact
Taiwan1 site, 1 recruiting
- Recruiting
Division of Core Laboratory; Chang Bing Show Chwan Memorial Hospital
Changhua County
Shu-Hui Yeh, yehshuhui@gmail.com
About this study
Official title: The Effects of Yoga on Work-related Stress and Stress Adaption Among the Professional Helpers of Psychiatry
This study will investigate if yoga exercises decrease work-related stress and improve stress adaptation in professional health helpers.
Read the detailed description
Mental health professional helpers including psychiatrists, nurses, psychologists, social workers and occupational therapists often call upon to maintain a good working attitude and enthusiasm, especially in the face of the evaluators of credential systems as well as supervisors' authorities. The symptoms of work-related stress of professional helpers developed day by days and affected their physical and mental health. Gradually, the professional helpers burned out. Philip Burnard (1991) mentioned professional helpers might self-neglect while helping others. These would lead to over work related stress that directly affects the physical and mental health of the professional helpers, and indirectly affects the organization to take care of the patients and their families.
According to researchers and personal experience, colleagues of mental health care developed work-related stress symptoms, such as insomnia or sleep disorder, the physiological disorders, weight fluctuations, irritable or depressed while taking care of psychiatric patients. They might take tranquilizers in order to maintain the quality of work. On the other hand, in April 2012, the researchers engaged in yoga teaching, assisting mental health care to help others of engaging in yoga practice showed that members perceived positive feelings after the yoga practice: "the mood is more relaxed," "tight body become more relaxed and soft resulting in awareness of tension and unease. This helps to modify long-term adverse stances and reduce body aches and/or sitting." For this reason, researchers began to apply yoga to the release work-related stress and enhance stress adaptation. Professional health helpers look forward to practice yoga exercises to relax work-related stress and improve stress adaptation.
It is a parallel-arm randomized control trial compare the outcome of participants assign to the experimental treatment group (yoga, with 30 participants) with those assign to a control group for 3 months (12 weeks). Experimental group receive regular 60-minutes yoga classes twice a week. We confer the difference of work-related stress relief and stress adaptation and biofeedback improvement after yoga.
- Conditions
- Occupation-related Stress Disorder
- Being tested
- Yoga
- Keywords
- Yoga, Work-related Stress,, Stress Adaptation.
- Medical subject headings
- Occupational Stress
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
YogaBehavioural
Yoga group will receive regular 60-minutes yoga classes twice a week for 3 months.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Yoga exercise | Experimental | Participatants will receive regular 60-minutes yoga classes twice a week for 3 months. Receives: Behavioral: Yoga |
| Regular schedule of daily living | No intervention | Participants will maintain regular schedule as usual. |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
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.
Measured: 3 months intervention
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted28 Aug 2014 (estimated)
- Study startMar 2013
- Primary completionDec 2014 (estimated)
- Study completionDec 2014 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Occupation-related Stress DisorderStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Basic science
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind
- Who is masked
- Outcomes assessor
- Enrolment
- 60 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Chang Bing Show Chwan Memorial Hospital
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Shu-Hui Yeh, Chang Bing Show Chwan Memorial Hospital
- Investigators
- Shu-Hui Yeh Yeh, PhD, Study director, Show Chwan Memorial Hospital & Central Taiwan University of Science and TechnologyShu-Ling Lin, MS, Principal investigator, Chang Bing Show Chwan Memorial Hospital
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT02228161
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 101107
- Status last verified
- Sep 2014
- First submitted
- 27 Aug 2014
- Last updated
- 3 Sep 2014
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 3 Sep 2014. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- The Effects of Yoga on Work-related Stress and Stress Adaption Among the Professional Helpers of Psychiatry
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT02228161
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- 101107
- Conditions
- Occupation-related Stress Disorder
- Keywords
- Yoga, Work-related Stress,, Stress Adaptation.
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Unknown status
- Enrolment
- 60 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- Chang Bing Show Chwan Memorial HospitalUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- Mar 2013
- Primary completion
- Dec 2014 (estimated)
- Study completion
- Dec 2014 (estimated)
- First posted
- 28 Aug 2014 (estimated)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
This study will investigate if yoga exercises decrease work-related stress and improve stress adaptation in professional health helpers.
Detailed description
Mental health professional helpers including psychiatrists, nurses, psychologists, social workers and occupational therapists often call upon to maintain a good working attitude and enthusiasm, especially in the face of the evaluators of credential systems as well as supervisors' authorities. The symptoms of work-related stress of professional helpers developed day by days and affected their physical and mental health. Gradually, the professional helpers burned out. Philip Burnard (1991) mentioned professional helpers might self-neglect while helping others. These would lead to over work related stress that directly affects the physical and mental health of the professional helpers, and indirectly affects the organization to take care of the patients and their families.
According to researchers and personal experience, colleagues of mental health care developed work-related stress symptoms, such as insomnia or sleep disorder, the physiological disorders, weight fluctuations, irritable or depressed while taking care of psychiatric patients. They might take tranquilizers in order to maintain the quality of work. On the other hand, in April 2012, the researchers engaged in yoga teaching, assisting mental health care to help others of engaging in yoga practice showed that members perceived positive feelings after the yoga practice: "the mood is more relaxed," "tight body become more relaxed and soft resulting in awareness of tension and unease. This helps to modify long-term adverse stances and reduce body aches and/or sitting." For this reason, researchers began to apply yoga to the release work-related stress and enhance stress adaptation. Professional health helpers look forward to practice yoga exercises to relax work-related stress and improve stress adaptation.
It is a parallel-arm randomized control trial compare the outcome of participants assign to the experimental treatment group (yoga, with 30 participants) with those assign to a control group for 3 months (12 weeks). Experimental group receive regular 60-minutes yoga classes twice a week. We confer the difference of work-related stress relief and stress adaptation and biofeedback improvement after yoga.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Basic science
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind (outcomes assessor)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Yoga exercise | Experimental | Behavioral: YogaParticipatants will receive regular 60-minutes yoga classes twice a week for 3 months. |
| Regular schedule of daily living | No intervention | –Participants will maintain regular schedule as usual. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 20 to 60 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult
Key inclusion criteria (3 listed)
- Mental Health Professional Helpers.
- Without sport training.
- Age 20~60.
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- Musculoskeletal injury.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| YogaYoga group will receive regular 60-minutes yoga classes twice a week for 3 months. | Behavioural | Yoga exercise |
Primary outcome
Decrease work-related stress and improve stress adaptation.
Time frame: 3 months intervention
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.
Results and safety
Results are not available in the source record.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 3 Sep 2014.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Shu-Hui Yeh, PhD contact
Shu-Hui Yeh Yeh, PhD study director
Show Chwan Memorial Hospital & Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology
Shu-Ling Lin, MS principal investigator
Chang Bing Show Chwan Memorial Hospital
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Yoga in people with Occupation-related Stress Disorder, run by Chang Bing Show Chwan Memorial Hospital at 1 site in Taiwan.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 3 Sep 2014. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Taiwan. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
Results are not available in the source record.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
Contact Shu-Hui Yeh, PhD (yehshuhui@gmail.com), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Decrease work-related stress and improve stress adaptation. (time frame: 3 months intervention). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 3 Sep 2014.