Health Condition 1: F20-F29- Schizophrenia, schizotypal, delusional, and other non-mood psychotic disorders
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Validated Module with Balancing Yoga Postures: 20 sessions of validated Yoga module with Balancing Postures, each session lasting 30mins, duration of intervention- 1 month
Control Inter
Sponsors
SVyasa
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Diagnosis of Schizophrenia according to DSM-5 criteria Subjects on medications Those with the ability to read and write in any language like English / Kannada /Hindi Those who give written consent to participate in the study Subjects capable of following yoga instructions and can perform suggested practices
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients with severe psychotic symptoms Other severe co-morbidities and medical illnesses that will prevent the practice of yoga postures, like Cerebrovascular accidents, Epilepsy,Recent fractures, Major surgery, psychotic patients other than schizophrenia,De-compensated cardiac function Mental retardation,Osteo-arthritis/ knee related problems Patients who have been exposed to regular yoga in the past 3 months. Risk of harm to self or others Pregnancy or postpartum (
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Six letter cancellation task Timepoint: Baseline(before intervention), Immediate effect(assessment after 1 session from baseline), Assessment Post-Intervention (after 20 sessions from baseline) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Clinical outcomesTimepoint: Baseline (Pre-intervention), Immediate effect (assessment after 1 session from baseline), Post intervention (assessment after 20 sessions from baseline);State trait anxiety invent Colour trail task Brief psychiatric rating scale Socio-occupational functoining scale Visual anolog scale for clinical symptoms Timepoint: Baseline (Pre-intervention), Immediate effect (assessment after 1 session from baseline), Post intervention (assessment after 20 sessions from baseline) | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactSuma Guruprasad
National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences
Outcome results
None listed