NCT04858815

Using Yogic Breathing to Reduce Stress in Anesthesia Personnel As Measured by Hair Cortisol

Completed NA Last updated 24 October 2024

What this trial tests

NA trial testing yogic breathing in Stress in 57 participants. Completed in 7 July 2022.

Timeline

26 April 2021

Primary endpoint
7 June 2022

7 July 2022

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Medical University of South Carolina
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	na
Design	single group
Masking	none
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	57
Start date	26 April 2021
Primary completion	7 June 2022
Estimated completion	7 July 2022
Sites	1 location across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

• yogic breathing

Conditions studied

• Stress — all drugs for Stress →
• Burnout, Professional — all drugs for Burnout, Professional →

Sponsor

Medical University of South Carolina

Who can join

18 and older, any sex, with Stress or Burnout, Professional. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Mind body exercises have long been used as a way for individuals to reduce stress and improve well-being. Recent studies indicate that yogic breathing (YB, also known as pranayama) could potentially impact both the mind and body by engaging both the physiological and neural elements and can thus be a specific tool that can be utilized by healthcare workers to combat burnout and decrease perceived levels of stress. Our aim is to understand and measure both subjectively and objectively the effects of long-term yogic breathing on stress levels in anesthesia personnel. This will be a single arm longitudinal trial designed to evaluate the feasibility and estimate the efficacy of implementing a yogic breathing program for stress reduction among anesthesiology practitioners at one academic medical center. The primary aim of the trial is to estimate the correlation between participant stress with average duration of yogic breathing over time. Secondarily the feasibility of implementing yogic breathing practices among anesthesiology practitioners will be evaluated. Feasibility measures will include recruitment rates, retention at 1year follow-up, and adherence to the yogic breathing program at 12 months.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.