Yoga in the Treatment of Eating Disorders: a Randomized Trial

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02191995

Acronym

TEP

Enrollment

Registered

2014-07-16

Start date

2014-07-31

Completion date

2015-03-31

Last updated

2019-11-01

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Conditions

Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa

Brief summary

Yoga facilitates the treatment of eating disorders by decreasing symptom severity over time.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALyoga

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* admitted to the Anna Westin House treatment facility of the Emily Program in MN during timeframe study is being run

Exclusion criteria

* declines participation in study

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Participants' level of mood and anxiety	Week 4	The Positive And Negative Affect Scale will be administered daily prior to and after supper in order to assess anxiety and mood.

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Level of eating disorder symptoms	Week 4	The Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire will be administered to evaluate clients' eating disorder symptoms and prevalence.
Participants' ability to tolerance distress	Week 4	The Distress Tolerance Scale will be administered to follow clients' ability to cope with highly charged emotions.

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026