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Evaluating the effectiveness of Yoga on Anxiety in Children with specific learning disorders: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Evaluating the effectiveness of Yoga on Anxiety in Children with specific learning disorders: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
IRCT
Registry ID
IRCT20241205063948N1
Enrollment
40
Registered
2025-07-26
Start date
2025-08-06
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-08-19

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Conditions

Condition 1: Anxiety in Children with Specific Learning Disorders. Condition 2: Specific Learning Disorder. Nervousness Specific developmental disorders of scholastic skills

Interventions

Intervention 1: The intervention consists of yoga based on the Move-Into-Learning for Anxiety program, conducted in groups of 5 participants, for a total of 16 sessions, each lasting 45 minutes, held

Sponsors

University of social welfare and rehabilitation sciences
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
8 Years to 12 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Children who have received a diagnosis of a specific learning disorder from a child psychiatrist with a subspecialty, according to DSM-5 criteria. Children who are in the second to sixth grade of elementary school (ages 8-12). Children who have not received psychological and rehabilitation services in the area of anxiety. Children who are willing to participate in the study. Children whose parents have provided informed consent for their participation in the research.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Absence for more than 2 sessions in the treatment process. The occurrence of illness or any unexpected incident during the course of the study that prevents the child from continuing the intervention process. (Illness or unexpected incidents refer to situations such as acute illnesses requiring hospitalization, bone fractures, or any serious medical condition that hinders attendance in intervention sessions.) The unwillingness of the child or family to continue treatment. Achieving a score of zero on the pre-intervention questionnaire, indicating the absence of any anxiety in the child. The presence of any comorbid disorder that may hinder the implementation of the treatment process. Children with a body mass index (BMI) above the 95th percentile, classified as obese.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Anxiety. Timepoint: 2 months. Method of measurement: n this study, the "Revised Version of the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders-71 (SCARED-71)" will be used as a data collection tool. This questionnaire was developed by Borden and colleagues (2009) to assess the severity of anxiety disorder symptoms in children and adolescents aged 8 to 18 years. It consists of 71 questions designed to evaluate panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, social phobia, separation anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, and specific phobias. The internal consistency has been reported to range from 0.91 to 0.95 in the normative group and from 0.86 to 0.94 in the clinical group. Test-retest reliability, concurrent validity, and treatment sensitivity have also been reported as satisfactory. In Iran, Palahang and colleagues (2012) have standardized the Persian version of this questionnaire, reporting a two-week test-retest reliability coefficient of 0.52 to 0.85, indicating that this questionnaire has good validity and reliability in the Iranian sample as well. The scale is rated on a 5-point Likert scale. Respondents indicate their level of agreement with each question on a Likert scale ranging from "none" to "extremely." "None" receives a score of zero, while "extremely" receives a score of four. The total score is obtained by summing the scores of the subscales, with a cutoff point for the total score set at 30.

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactHanie Gaeini

University of social welfare and rehabilitation sciences

haniegaeini77@gmail.com+98 25 3665 0739

Outcome results

None listed

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