Individualised yoga for burnout and traumatic stress in junior doctors.

Randomised, controlled pilot of the feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy of individualised yoga, compared to group fitness, on symptoms of burnout and traumatic stress in junior doctors.

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12618001467224

Enrollment

Registered

2018-08-31

Start date

2018-11-02

Completion date

2019-03-30

Last updated

2020-02-10

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

We conducted a randomised, controlled pilot trial of individualised yoga, compared to group-format fitness, to assess the feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of these interventions on symptoms of burnout and traumatic stress on junior doctors at a Sydney metropolitan hospital.

Interventions

Participants allocated to the individualised complex yoga intervention, will attend a 1-hour private yoga session with an experienced yoga facilitator once a week for eight (8) weeks at RPAH. They will also receive a 4-hour weekend retreat/intensive and eHealth home practice content. eHealth home practice will involve audio and video content delivered via smartphone. eHealth adherence will be tracked using smartphone activity data. Participants in this study arm will also undertake 30-minutes of eHealth home practice per day, four (4) days per week, for a total average weekly dosage of 3.5 hours of yoga. In a cross-over design, participants allocated to the individualised complex yoga study arm first, will continue to the existing group yoga study arm for another eight (8) weeks. There will be no formal washout period.

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Crossover

Primary purpose

Treatment

Masking

Blinded (masking used) (Investigator)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

Participants must be currently employed as doctors-in-training at RPAH to be eligible. Participants are still eligible with prior yoga experience.

Exclusion criteria

Participants are excluded with serious cardio-respiratory disorders, including previous cardiac or respiratory failure, angina, and/or chronic dyspnoea. Pregnancy is also excluded.

Outcome results