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Study NCT ID:
NCT00033865
Status:
COMPLETED
Last Update Posted:
2015-04-28
First Post:
2002-04-11
Brief Title:
Yoga as a Treatment for Insomnia
Sponsor:
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health NCCIH
Organization:
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health NCCIH
Study Overview
Official Title:
Yoga as a Treatment for Insomnia
Status:
COMPLETED
Status Verified Date:
2015-04
Last Known Status:
None
Delayed Posting:
No
If Stopped, Why?:
Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access:
False
If Expanded Access, NCT#:
N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status:
N/A
Acronym:
None
Brief Summary:
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a daily 8-week treatment for insomnia using yoga relaxation exercises or sleep hygiene
Detailed Description:
Insomnia is a sleep disorder characterized by a chronic difficulty in initiating and maintaining sleep which has a relatively high prevalence and a significant socioeconomic cost There is good evidence that cognitive andor physiological arousal associated with sustained sympathetic activation is one of the underlying causes of insomnia Relaxation treatments such as progressive relaxation and meditation which address the cognitive and somatic arousal associated with insomnia have been found to be effective Yoga is a comprehensive discipline which includes physical exercises postures breathing techniques and meditation for the purpose of improving health and well being Research studies have documented the effectiveness of yoga in reducing sympathetic activation and cognitive and somatic arousal and in the treatment of specific medical disorders Although it has been used and recommended for the treatment of insomnia its effectiveness has not been evaluated in a randomized controlled study The aim of this proposal is to evaluate the effectiveness of yoga relaxation exercises or sleep hygiene in the treatment of chronic psychophysiological insomnia A subjective measure of sleep onset latency will be derived from daily sleep diaries and an objective measure will be drawn from polysomnographic recordings Sleep onset latency will be evaluated before and after a two month treatment period in a total of 48 young men and women who have been carefully screened for psychiatric and medical disorders Subjects will be assigned to a yoga relaxation exercise or sleep hygiene treatment group We anticipate that yoga practice will prove to be an effective treatment for insomnia which will yield significant improvements in sleep onset latency We also anticipate that these improvements will be maintained at long-term follow up evaluation
Study Oversight
Has Oversight DMC:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Device?:
None
Is an Unapproved Device?:
None
Is a PPSD?:
None
Is a US Export?:
None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?:
None