Impact of Cyclic Meditation on stress among newly joined first Year medical students.

Impact of Cyclic Meditation on stress among newly joined First Year medical students - A randomized control trial

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 2Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

CTRI

Registry ID

CTRI/2023/02/049715

Enrollment

Registered

2023-02-14

Start date

Unknown

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-28

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Intervention1: Cyclic Meditation (CM): Cyclic Meditation (CM) for 30 min/day 5 days per week for the duration of 8 weeks. Intervention2: No Intervention: No Intervention will be given, patients will

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Age group between 18 to 25 years first year medical students will be enrolled for the study

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Subjects with any pre-diagnosed clinical illness. Subjects taking psychological drugs tobacco alcohol and smoking Subjects practicing meditation or any yogic practices in the past 6 months

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Stress Symptom Scale Assessment (SSS) and Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)Timepoint: Stress Symptom Scale and Perceived Stress Scale Assessment: - Pre-Assessment will be done at 0th/start of the intervention. - Post-Assessments will be done at the end of the 8th week of intervention. - Respondents are asked to use 3-point severity/frequency scales for Stress Symptom Scale and 4-Point severity/frequency scales for Perceived Stress Scale to rate the extent to which they have experienced each state over the past week	—

Measure

Time frame

Stress Symptom Scale Assessment (SSS) and Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)Timepoint: Stress Symptom Scale and Perceived Stress Scale Assessment: - Pre-Assessment will be done at 0th/start of the intervention. - Post-Assessments will be done at the end of the 8th week of intervention. - Respondents are asked to use 3-point severity/frequency scales for Stress Symptom Scale and 4-Point severity/frequency scales for Perceived Stress Scale to rate the extent to which they have experienced each state over the past week

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Medical Student Stressor Questionnaire (MSSQ)Timepoint: - Pre-Assessment will be done at 0th/start of the intervention. - Post-Assessments will be done at the end of the 8th week of intervention. - Respondents are asked to use 4-Point severity/frequency scales to rate the extent to which they have experienced each state over the past week	—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Swathi K V

Alvas College of Naturopathy and Yogic Sciences

dr.archanabnys@yahoo.com9448152915

Outcome results