Ayurvedic Versus Conventional Counseling in Mothers With Burnout-Syndrome

Diet and Lifestyle Modification in Mothers With Burnout-Syndrome: Ayurvedic Versus Conventional Standard Counseling - A Randomized Controlled Clinical Pilot Study

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01797887

Acronym

VEDA

Enrollment

Registered

2013-02-25

Start date

2013-05-31

Completion date

2014-12-31

Last updated

2014-12-24

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Conditions

Burnout-Syndrome

Keywords

Burnout-Syndrome, Ayurveda, Ayurvedic, Traditional Indian Medicine, CAM, Whole Medical System, Diet and Lifestyle Counseling

Brief summary

Aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of Ayurvedic diet and lifestyle counseling compared to conventional standard diet and lifestyle counseling in outpatient mothers with burnout-syndrome.

Detailed description

Ayurveda is a traditional Indian medicine: as a whole medical system it consists of diagnostic procedures and complex treatments. Ayurveda-treatment is based on Ayurvedic diagnosis and has a special focus on lifestyle and nutritional counseling, based on the individual constitution of the patient. Ayurvedic counseling can easily be followed by the patients in their day-to-day life and is an inexpensive way of self-care. In Ayurveda it is often used for the treatment of burnout-syndrome. However, no systematic data is available on its effectiveness in comparison to conventional standard diet and lifestyle counseling. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of Ayurvedic diet and lifestyle counseling compared to conventional standard diet and lifestyle counseling in outpatient mothers with burnout-syndrome.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALDiet and Lifestyle Counseling

Diet and Lifestyle Counseling

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

FEMALE

Age

18 Years to 50 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* signed informed consent * age between 18 and 50 * mother of ≥ 1 child ≤ 12 years of age * job, education or studies ≥ 20 hours per week * subjective feeling of physical and mental exhaustion since ≥ 3 month * ≥ 18 points in the MBI Subscale emotional exhaustion at screening

Exclusion criteria

* change of psychotropic drug medication ≤ 6 weeks before inclusion * pregnancy or breastfeeding * pre-diagnosed major depression * serious chronic co-morbidity (e.g. CHF NYHA IV) * serious acute somatic health conditions * intake of opiods * simultaneous participation in other trials * praticipation in other trials during ≤ 6 month before inclusion

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Maslach-Burnout-Inventory (MBI)	3 month

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Maslach-Burnout-Inventory (MBI)	6 month
Cohen Perceived Stress Scale (CPSS)	3 and 6 month
Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS-D)	3 and 6 month
Aspects of Spirituality (ASP)	3 and 6 month
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)	3 and 6 month
SF-36	3 and 6 month

Other

Measure	Time frame
Qualitative Interviews	6 month

Countries

Germany

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 9, 2026