NCT06913582

The Effectiveness of Distance Yoga Learning in Improving Ma-ternal Pandemic-related Depression and Stress During Pregnancy

Completed NA Last updated 6 April 2025

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Yoga in Pregnancy Related in 76 participants. Completed in 21 June 2023.

Timeline

22 June 2022

Primary endpoint
21 June 2023

21 June 2023

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	na
Design	single group
Masking	none
Primary purpose	prevention
Enrollment	76
Start date	22 June 2022
Primary completion	21 June 2023
Estimated completion	21 June 2023
Sites	1 location across Taiwan

Drugs / interventions tested

• Yoga

Conditions studied

• Pregnancy Related — all drugs for Pregnancy Related →

Sponsor

Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Who can join

Adults 22 to 43, female only, with Pregnancy Related. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

The goal of this quasi-experimental study design is to explore the effects of distance yoga learning in improving depression and pregnancy stress in pregnant women during the pandemic disease. The main questions which aim to answer are:

1. hypothesis1 - Distance yoga learning can decrease depression during pregnancy.
2. hypothesis2 -Distance yoga learning can decrease pregnancy stress. The experimental group received a 12-week pregnancy yoga program, including one weekly 60-minute distance yoga class and followed by 2 times of DVD yoga exercise at home while the control group received only routine nursing care.

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. The Effectiveness of Distance Yoga Learning in Improving Maternal Pandemic-Related Depression and Stress During Pregnancy.
   Lee WP, Chang MY, Lin CT, Shih WM. · · 2025 · cited 1× · PMID 40508958 · DOI 10.3390/healthcare13111345