Occupational Stress, Psychological Stress
Conditions
Brief summary
Over the last several decades, occupational stress at workplace comprise a major burden. Office based work are more prone to sedentary lifestyle, postural issues, workplace stress, repetitive strain injury, poor employee health. Workplace wellness programs has been very feasible access to employees at their own convenience and need. Yoga@Work Program was developed to suit the need for information technology workers.
Interventions
OTHERYoga
Each yoga session included warm-up practices (for the large joints, spine, and extremities), Simple postures (Asana), breathing exercises (pranayama) and meditation/relaxation. All the yoga participants were given handouts to practice everyday at work as its feasible
Sponsors
Brunel University
NMP Medical Research Institute
Ananda Yoga (Hong Kong)
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Aarogyam UK
Study design
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 60 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Information Technology employee, or trainee willing and able to participate in a 6-week self-care program during the work day. * Willing to give informed consent
Exclusion criteria
* medical or psychiatric conditions limiting practice of yoga in general * Cognitive impairment
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Reductions in occupational stress | From baseline to 6-week post intervention | Perceived Stress Scale |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mental health problems | From baseline to 6-week post intervention | General Health questionnaires consists of 12 items, each assessing the severity of a mental problem |
Countries
Belgium, Hong Kong, India, United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed