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Effects of Yoga Nidra on brain activity and stress levels in young people with excessive social media use.

Effects of Yoga Nidra on prefrontal cortical activity and perceived stress levels in young individuals with problematic social media usage. - NIL

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2024/07/070879
Enrollment
96
Registered
2024-07-19
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-04-07

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Intervention1: Yoga Nidra: Intervention will be started by giving the brief introduction of yoga nidra, emphasising its purpose in inducing a state of deep relaxation. Each yoga nidra session will las

Sponsors

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Nagpur
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1.Age group from 18 Years - 25 years of both genders will be included in this study. 2.Normal or corrected to normal vision (6/6 according to Snellen chart), normal colour vision assessed by Ishihara chart. 3.Individuals scoring more than 19 in the Bergen social media addiction scale.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Participants having cognitive impairment secondary to conditions like history of stroke, brain injury, exposure to toxins or neuroleptics, history of neurological disease, dementia, Alzheimer’s disease or any neurological illness with significant cognitive impairment).

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Improvement in Prefrontal cortical activity and reduction in stress.Timepoint: 9 days

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
To study the correlation between prefrontal cortical activity & perceived stress level in individuals with problematic social media users at baseline & after intervention. Timepoint: on day 1 & on day 9

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Jyotsna Gumashta

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Nagpur

jyotsnagumashta@gmail.com9425005683

Outcome results

None listed

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