NCT01168661

Yoga, Mindfulness and Cognitive Psychotherapy as Treatment for Stress and Burnout

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 90 (actual)
• Sponsor: Karolinska Institutet · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 16 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate if treatment with yoga or mindfulness has a more profound and longstanding effect on stress and burnout than treatment with cognitive psychotherapy alone.

Conditions

• Stress, Psychological
• Burnout, Professional
• Anxiety
• Depression

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Yoga	Participants in this intervention arm will practice yoga (physical postures, breathing exercises, and meditation) \>= 5 times a week (twice in a supervised group and the rest on their own). Additionally, participants in this arm will practice various practical skills, such as how to plan a satisfactory day using their own definition of a satisfactory day. They will follow this schedule for 20 weeks.
BEHAVIORAL	Mindfulness based cog psychotherapy	Participants in this arm will attend a weekly group meeting to practice mindfulness based cognitive psychotherapy. They will also practice \>= 4 time a week on their own. Additionally, participants in this arm will practice various practical skills, such as how to plan a satisfactory day using their own definition of a satisfactory day. Participants will follow this schedule for 20 weeks.
BEHAVIORAL	Cognitive psychotherapy	Participants in this arm will attend a weekly group meeting to practice cognitive psychotherapy. They will also practice \>= 4 time a week on their own. Additionally, participants in this arm will practice various practical skills, such as how to plan a satisfactory day using their own definition of a satisfactory day. Participants will follow this schedule for 20 weeks.

Timeline

• Start date: 2007-08-01
• Primary completion: 2010-04-01
• Completion: 2010-04-01
• First posted: 2010-07-23
• Last updated: 2010-07-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Sweden