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â??Pregnancy Tele Yoga Moduleâ?? on stress, anxiety or depression of pregnancy during COVID-19

Effectiveness of â??Pregnancy Tele Yoga Moduleâ?? on stress, anxiety or depression during COVID-19 Pandemic: a prospective, multi-centre, open-label single-arm exploratory study.

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2021/09/036732
Enrollment
120
Registered
2021-09-22
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: F439- Reaction to severe stress, unspecified Health Condition 2: F39- Unspecified mood [affective] disorder

Interventions

Intervention1: Pregnancy Tele Yoga Module: Yoga module for stress reduction in Pregnancy is adopted from the study published by Satyapriya M, Nagendra HR, Nagarathna R, Padmalatha V. Effect of integra
104(3):218-22.]. Participating pregnant mothers in their late 2nd trimester will be shown the Pregnancy Tele Yoga through an online platform. Through online platform, their performance will be monitor

Sponsors

Department of Science and Technology
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Pregnant mothers in late second or early third trimester. 2. Receiving ANC care at the study center. 3. Planning their delivery at the study center. 4. DASS-21 score: 10 - 27 on depression subscale, OR 8 - 19 on anxiety subscale OR 15 - 33 on stress subscale. 5. Aged between 18 â?? 35 years. 6. Clinical decision by treating obstetrician as a pregnant mother is physically fit for yoga intervention 7. Providing informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Past history of psychiatric illness. 2. DASS score >= 28 on depression, >= 20 on anxiety or >= 34 on stress. 3. Expressing suicidal thoughts/ideation or attempts in the last 1 week. 4. Having any high-risk obstetric conditions based on obstetricianâ??s clinical assessment making participation in yoga-based exercise program difficult like placenta previa, multiple pregnancy, pre-eclampsia/eclampsia, poorly controlled gestational diabetes on insulin, pregnancy from in vitro fertilization, fetal abnormality on ultrasound scanning in current pregnancy, history of intrauterine growth restriction/multiple pregnancy losses in previous pregnancy.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
This study will assess maternal stress, anxiety and depression among pregnant women during their late 2nd or early 3rd trimesters at the time of COVID 19 pandemic in India. The feasibility of tele (online platform) of â??Pregnancy Yoga Moduleâ?? among those who experience stress, anxiety and depression during pregnancy. The number of tele (online platform) sessions of â??Pregnancy Yoga Moduleâ?? the pregnant mothers can attend during the study period. The changes in the stress, anxiety and depression scores after 4 weeks of participation in â??Pregnancy Yoga Moduleâ??. The association between the number of â??Pregnancy Yoga moduleâ?? sessions attended and changes in the stress, anxiety and depression scores. The changes in the stress, anxiety and depression scores at 6 weeks postpartum after 4 weeks of participation in the â??Pregnancy Yoga Moduleâ??.Timepoint: acceptability and feasibility of pregnancy tele yoga at the end of 4 weeks

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Secondary outcome measures will be type of delivery, gestational age, birthweight, birth length, APGAR score, need for post-delivery NICU care.Timepoint: At the time of delivery of participating mothers

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Sundarnag Ganjekar

National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences

sundarnag@nimhans.ac.in9686976128

Outcome results

None listed

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