NCT03314441

Effects of Regular Practice of Yoga on Subjective and Objective Sleep Quality in Primary Insomnia

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 20 (actual)
• Sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Saint Pierre · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 100 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of the study is to assess the effects of regular Viniyoga in patients suffering from primary insomnia.

Detailed description

Insomnia is very prevalent in Europe (14-27%). Cognitive behavioral therapy is the treatment of choice in patients suffering from primary insomnia, allowing to obtain a long term (2 years) sleep quality improvements in 62% of patients. Yoga is another behavioral therapy that have shown benefits in patients suffering from anxiety disorders. Few studies have been focused on yoga benefits in sleep disorders. The purpose of the study is to assess the effects of regular Viniyoga on sleep quality (subjective and objective) in patients suffering from primary insomnia.

Conditions

• Primary Insomnia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Yoga	4 yoga lessons with and instructors on a 3 months period. Patients are asked to exercise yoga daily for 5 to 30 minutes.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-11-08
• Primary completion: 2020-12-30
• Completion: 2021-05-31
• First posted: 2017-10-19
• Last updated: 2021-09-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Belgium