NCT05938998

Social Support and Stress Reduction for Caregivers of Young Adults With IDD

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 20 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Kansas Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The objective of this study is to evaluate the feasibility and stress reduction impacts of a yoga and support group intervention on caregivers of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Detailed description

This is a single arm longitudinal trial. We will recruit up to 40 caregivers of young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). This is a 12-week social support, resources, and stress reduction intervention delivered in person to a group of caregivers of young adults IDD. Participants will be asked to attend one 2 hour group session each week. All sessions will have a 1-hour discussion on resources and social support and 1-hour of yoga. All yoga sessions will be taught by 200 Registered Yoga Teacher certified instructors. Outcome assessments will be collected at baseline and after the 12-week intervention.

Conditions

• Burden, Caregiver

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Yoga; Support Group	BEHAVIORAL: Group Exercise Sessions- Yoga. BEHAVIORAL: Social Support Sessions

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-03-31
• Primary completion: 2023-12-30
• Completion: 2024-06-30
• First posted: 2023-07-11
• Last updated: 2025-09-12
• Results posted: 2025-09-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States