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Effect of yoga among psychiatric patients taking benzodiazepines and z drugs

Assessing the impact of yoga on quality of life and sleep among patients deprescribed of benzodiazepines and related z drugs. - NIL

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2024/12/077988
Enrollment
240
Registered
2024-12-12
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-08-18

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: F102- Alcohol dependence Health Condition 2: F419- Anxiety disorder, unspecified Health Condition 3: F316- Bipolar disorder, current episodemixed Health Condition 4: F411- Generalized anxiety disorder Health Condition 5: F172- Nicotine dependence Health Condition 6: F428- Other obsessive-compulsive disorder Health Condition 7: F200- Paranoid schizophrenia Health Condition 8: F250- Schizoaffective disorder, bipolartype

Interventions

Intervention1: Yoga and Benzodiazepine deprescribing: 1. The intervention include yoga practice like shukshma vyayama followed by surya namaskar, asanas like ardhakatichakrasana, shashankasana, paschi

Sponsors

Vasan BB
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients = 18 years age Patients consenting to provide necessary responses Ability to sit or lie comfortably for more than 30 minutes at a time. Psychiatric patients who have been prescribed with benzodiazepines and z – drugs will be included in first 3 groups. Psychiatric patients who are not prescribed with benzodiazepines and z- drugs will be included in group 4 (control group). Group 1 – Patients deprescribed of benzodiazepines after 4 weeks according to benzodiazepines and z- drugs deprescribing algorithm and practicing yoga. Group 2 – Patients continuing with benzodiazepines even after 4 weeks and practicing yoga. Group 3 - Patients continuing with benzodiazepines even after 4 weeks and not practicing yoga. Group 4 - Patients neither taking benzodiazepines nor practicing yoga .

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patients with unavoidable lifestyle sleep disruption. Patients who have been practicing yoga for last 6 months.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
1.To assess the impact of yoga on Quality of life among psychiatric patients. Timepoint: 3 months from the start of intervention

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
To assess the impact of yoga on Quality of Sleep among psychiatric patientsTimepoint: 3 months from the start of intervention

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr E Maheswari

M.S. Ramaiah University of applied science

maheswari.pp.ph@msruas.ac.in9620451165

Outcome results

None listed

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