Chronic mood and anxiety disorders Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Conditions
Interventions
Participants undertook a manualized 9-week mindful yoga intervention, based on traditional yogic practices and texts, which were adapted to a clinical setting for patients with mood and anxiety disord
Sponsors
Lentis Center for Integrated Psychiatry
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Has a mood or anxiety disorder or post-traumatic stress disorder with an illness duration of at least 2 years 2. Receiving current treatment as usual 3. Willing to attend nine weekly sessions of a yoga intervention 4. Able to read and write Dutch 5. Aged over 18 years
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Acute suicidal symptoms 2. Acute psychotic symptoms 3. Substance abuse
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Affect balance assessed by deducting the positive affect items from the negative affect items in the Depression, Anxiety 2. Rumination assessed at pre- and post-intervention using one item from the Preservative Thinking Questionnaire (Ehring et al., 2011), ), adapted to reflect the focus on negative thoughts: “Many negative thoughts are going through my head” 2. Fear of emotions assessed at pre- and post-intervention using one item focusing on the fear of losing control of once emotions (Williams et al., 1997): “I feel overwhelmed with my emotions”, and one item focusing on the accepting, open awareness of emotions that is an aspect of mindfulness (Bishop et al., 2004): “I accept the way I am feeling” 3. Mindfulness assessed at pre- and post-intervention using items from the Mindful Attention and Awareness Scale (MAAS) with a high factor loading (Osman, Lamis, Bagge, Freedenthal & Barnes, 2016): “Over the last period I did tasks and errands automatically, without being aware of what I was doing” and “Over the last period I was living in the moment”. We reformulated the scoring of the second item, with a higher score indicating more mindfulness. 4. Body awareness assessed at pre- and post-intervention using two items, with the first reflecting the noticing of inner sensations (Mehling et al., 2012): “Over the last period I was aware of things that were happening in my body, for example tension, emotional responses or other sensations”. The other item focused on embodiment (Mehling et al., 2012): “Over the last period I felt at home in my body”. 5. Temporal associations between stress, rumination, fear of emotions, mindfulness and body awareness and affect balance assessed at pre- and post-intervention | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Contacts
Public ContactNina Vollbehr
Outcome results
None listed