EFFICIENCY AND MENTAL HEALTH BENEFITS OF AN ONLINE YOGA INTERVENTION IN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS EXPERIENCING CHRONIC STRESS: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL

EFFICIENCY AND MENTAL HEALTH BENEFITS OF AN ONLINE YOGA INTERVENTION IN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS EXPERIENCING CHRONIC STRESS: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL - OYI-stud

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00017578

Enrollment

130

Registered

2019-07-11

Start date

2019-07-04

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

Primary preventive factors of an online-yoga-intervention

Interventions

Group 1: six week online-yoga-course consisting of weekly, 30-minute yoga-videos Group 2: Waitlist-Control

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - Only Students - Age: min. 18 years - Sufficient knowledge of the German language - Access to computer with audio and internet - Informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - Severe physical illness - Pregnancy - Diagnosed psychological disorder in the last 24 months

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Perceived Stress is the main outcome for this study. The construct will be measured with the Perceived-Stress-Questionnaire (PSQ-20; Levenstein et al., 1993; Fliege et al., 2005) as well as the Perceived-Stress-Scale (PSS-10; Cohen, Karmarck & Mermelstein, 1983; Klein et al., 2016). The Scales will be used for baseline measurement before the yoga-intervention (T0), one week after the last class (T1) and six weeks later (T2).	—

Measure

Time frame

Perceived Stress is the main outcome for this study. The construct will be measured with the Perceived-Stress-Questionnaire (PSQ-20; Levenstein et al., 1993; Fliege et al., 2005) as well as the Perceived-Stress-Scale (PSS-10; Cohen, Karmarck & Mermelstein, 1983; Klein et al., 2016). The Scales will be used for baseline measurement before the yoga-intervention (T0), one week after the last class (T1) and six weeks later (T2).

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
- Subjective Well-Being: WHO-5 Wohlbefindens-Index - Mental Health: Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI-18) - Distress tolerance: Distress Tolerance Scale (DTS) - Mindfulness: Freiburger Fragebogen zur Achtsamkeit (FFA) - Resilience: Brief Resilience Scale (BRS) - Body Awareness: The Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness (MAIA) - Self-Efficacy: Allgemeine Selbstwirksamkeit Kurzskala (ASKU) - Satisfaction with Health: FLZ-MG - Burnout for Students: Maslach-Burnout-Inventar für Studierende (MBI-SS)	—

Measure

Time frame

- Subjective Well-Being: WHO-5 Wohlbefindens-Index - Mental Health: Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI-18) - Distress tolerance: Distress Tolerance Scale (DTS) - Mindfulness: Freiburger Fragebogen zur Achtsamkeit (FFA) - Resilience: Brief Resilience Scale (BRS) - Body Awareness: The Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness (MAIA) - Self-Efficacy: Allgemeine Selbstwirksamkeit Kurzskala (ASKU) - Satisfaction with Health: FLZ-MG - Burnout for Students: Maslach-Burnout-Inventar für Studierende (MBI-SS)

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactAnne Sophie Wörner

Psychologisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg

a.woerner@stud.uni-heidelberg.de+491705745031

Outcome results

None listed

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