Condition 1: Anxiety. Condition 2: depression. Condition 3: sleep quality. Condition 4: memory. Anxiety disorder, unspecified Mild depressive episode
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: Intervention group: Performing yoga exercises for 8 weeks, three sessions per hour each week. Intervention 2: Control group: In this study, no intervention is performed for the control
Sponsors
Yazd University of Medical Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Age
60 Years to 89 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: were age over 60 years old, no physical problems such as hip replacement, Parkinson’s disease, and dizziness leading to inabilities to practice the exercises, signing consent forms to participate in the study, and obtaining permission from a trusted physician to practice the yoga poses.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Lack of cooperation, cognitive problems (Alzheimer’s disease, progressive physical and mental problems during practice, sensorineural hearing loss (deafness), neurodevelopmental disorder (mental retardation), absenteeism in more than 3 sessions of exercises, no consumption of sleeping pills over the last one month, and movement from the adult day care center
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Anxiety scale Evaluation. Timepoint: Before the intervention and after the intervention. Method of measurement: DASS21 questionnaire.;Depression scale Evaluation. Timepoint: Before the intervention and after the intervention. Method of measurement: DASS21 questionnaire.;Sleep quality scale Evaluation. Timepoint: Before the intervention and after the intervention. Method of measurement: Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Questionnaire.;Memory scale Evaluation. Timepoint: Before the intervention and after the intervention. Method of measurement: Wechsler Memory scale. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public ContactSanaz Behzadi
Yazd University of Medical Sciences
Outcome results
None listed