Insomnia Due to Anxiety and Fear
Conditions
Brief summary
The goal of this application is to collect survey data indicating the effects of a digital Yoga Nidra practice on anxiety and sleep during COVID-19. We will explore effects on momentary anxiousness, as well as on sleep. Participants will be consented through REDCap during the Yoga Nidra class, then asked to complete an intake form, a sleep questionnaire (composed of questions from the Post Sleep Questionnaire (PSQ)) and a pre/post State Trait Anxiety (STAI) Index, surrounding the practice. Participants will receive an email the next morning, inquiring about their sleep (\ 2 min survey), and again the following week, the morning of the Yoga Nidra class, in order to remind them about the weekly class offering and also to collect sleep data for a night that did not include pre-bed Yoga Nidra. We will additionally report feasibility measures including enrollment, retention, qualitative feedback, and challenges of using the digital platform. Using this data, we will gain valuable feasibility data for implementation of this type of mind-body practice using digital platforms. We will also gain important data on the effects of this practice on anxiety and sleep.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALYoga Nidra
The practice of Yoga Nidra, is a scripted and reproducible, guided meditation technique that promotes mental, emotional and physical relaxation while also facilitating the transition between waking and sleeping.
Sponsors
National University of Natural Medicine
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Adults * Can understand a recording in English while resting comfortably
Exclusion criteria
NA
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in Momentary Anxiety | Pre-intervention and immediately after the intervention | State Trait Anxiety (STAI-6) Short Form (scale 20 to 80, with higher scores indicating higher momentary anxiety) |
| Change in Sleep Quality | Baseline (pre-intervention), 1 day (morning after intervention), and 2-6 days later (survey sent each Tuesday, to capture a night without Yoga Nidra) | Post Sleep Questionnaire (PSQ): six questions |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Incidence of Intervention-Emergent Challenges as assessed by a Feedback Survey | Post-intervention (survey sent at 16 weeks) | Qualitative Feedback Survey (developed in-house) |
| Satisfaction as assessed by a Feedback Survey | Post-intervention (survey sent at 16-weeks) | Qualitative Feedback Survey (developed in-house) |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed