Yoga as therapeutic intervention in women with breast cancer during chemotherapy

Yoga as therapeutic intervention in women with breast cancer during chemotherapy - IKoS

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00010810

Enrollment

120

Registered

2016-07-12

Start date

2011-03-18

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-10-06

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

Conditions

breast cancer C50

Interventions

Group 1: regenerative Iyengar Yoga, group setting (4-8 individuals), 12 weeks, 60 minutes per week, participants received a written instruction for a homebased-training twice a week for 20-minutes Gro

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Female

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - Women with stage I-III breast cancer undergoing cytotoxic (neo)adjuvant or endocrine adjuvant therapy at the moment of intervention - signed informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: In case of acute febrile or psychiatric diseases, patients were excluded from the study. Also women who had experiences in practicing yoga were not included.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Inner correspondence (Measurement with a questionnaire at intervention start, in the middle and after the intervention period)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Quality of life (EORTC C-30), life satisfaction (Brief Multidimensional Life Satisfaction Scale), fatigue (Cancer Fatigue Scale) and mindfulness (Freiburger Achtsamkeits-Inventar), spiritual attitudes and coping with illness (Spiritual/Religious Attitudes and Coping with Illness questionnaire); measurement with questionnaire at intervention start, after the intervention period and three months after the end of intervention	—

Measure

Time frame

Quality of life (EORTC C-30), life satisfaction (Brief Multidimensional Life Satisfaction Scale), fatigue (Cancer Fatigue Scale) and mindfulness (Freiburger Achtsamkeits-Inventar), spiritual attitudes and coping with illness (Spiritual/Religious Attitudes and Coping with Illness questionnaire); measurement with questionnaire at intervention start, after the intervention period and three months after the end of intervention

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactArndt Büssing

Professur für Lebensqualität, Spiritualität und CopingUniversität Witten / Herdecke

arndt.buessing@uni-wh.de02330-62 3246

Outcome results

None listed

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