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Can learning Bhagavad Gita or Yoga reduce stress for COVID-19 frontline healthcare workers?

Interventions to reduce stress among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a comparison of the stress reduction potential of Yoga and Bhagavad Gita - YBGBCOVID

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2021/10/037365
Enrollment
68
Registered
2021-10-18
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-04-07

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

Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Sponsors

Nishant Das
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Healthcare workers older than 18 years of age, who are directly involved in treating patients during the COVID-19 pandemic

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Those who are not older than 18 years of age, those who are not healthcare workers, and healthcare workers who are not directly involved in treating patients during the COVID-19 pandemic

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Reduction in the average GAD7 scores of the participants by at least 1 severity level compared to the score before the start of the interventionTimepoint: Before the intervention (day 0), immediately after the intervention (day 7), 40 days after the intervention (day 47)

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Reduction in self perceived difficulty with symptoms of the participants compared to the self perceived difficulty with the symptoms before the start of the intervention. Expected effect size between 0.1 and 0.3Timepoint: Before the intervention (day 0), immediately after the intervention (day 7), 40 days after the intervention (day 47);Association between continued practice of the techniques taught during the intervention and sustained reduction in average GAD7 scores and self perceived difficulty with symptoms at 40 daysTimepoint: Immediately after the intervention (day 7), 40 days after the intervention (day 47)

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactNishant Das

Samanjasa Foundation

laalithya@gmail.com7020886883

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Apr 25, 2026