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Self Help Yoga manual for Indian Schizophrenia

Testing of Self-Help Yoga Manual for Indian Caregivers of persons with Schizophrenia living in the community: A single Blind Randomized Controlled Study. - SHYM

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Phase 1Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2017/06/008912
Enrollment
60
Registered
2017-06-23
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Intervention1: Yoga Therapy: Yoga group would be taught the yoga practices from the self-help manual in three parts (1 session of 1 hour each every month for three months) Followed by 1 session of ent

Sponsors

Indian Council of Medical Research ICMR
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Primary Caregivers of out-patients who have been diagnosed with schizophrenia (According to ICD 10, F20, F25 and F29). 2. Caregivers of patients who have been ill at least for a minimum of 3 months. 3. Caregivers who continue care giving for the patient even after discharge from the hospital 4. Caregiverâ??s age: 18-75 yrs. 5. Caregivers who are willing to participate daily in yoga training for a period of 5 months. 6. Language known by caregivers: Kannada, Hindi or English

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Caregivers diagnosed with having severe psychiatric or neurological disorders 2. Caregivers having another relative with psychiatric or neurological illness 3. Caregivers who have undergone formal yoga training (certificate course from a recognized institute) and practicing yoga regularly for the past 1 month. 4. Caregivers who have already gone through the yoga training programme by SVYASA.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Burden [Burden Assessment Schedule]Timepoint: Baseline (Day 0) 1st Follow up (Day 30); 2nd Follow up (Day 60);3rd Follow up(Day 90); 4th Follow up(Day 120); 5th follow up (Day 150)

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Anxiety and depression [Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS]Timepoint: Baseline (Day 0) 1st Follow up (Day 30); 2nd Follow up (Day 60);3rd Follow up(Day 90); 4th Follow up(Day 120); 5th follow up (Day 150);Quality of Life [WHO Quality of Life â?? Brief Questionnaire (WHOQOL â?? BREF)Timepoint: Baseline (Day 0) 1st Follow up (Day 30); 2nd Follow up (Day 60);3rd Follow up(Day 90); 4th Follow up(Day 120); 5th follow up (Day 150);Stress [Perceived Stress Scale]Timepoint: Baseline (Day 0) 1st Follow up (Day 30); 2nd Follow up (Day 60);3rd Follow up(Day 90); 4th Follow up(Day 120); 5th follow up (Day 150)

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactAarti Jagannathan

National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS)

jaganaarti@gmail.com9448150690

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026