NCT06095037

Mindful Yoga for Older Adults and Caregivers

Examining the Effectiveness of Mindful Yoga in Enhancing Psychological Well-being Among Older Adults Discharged From Hospital and Their Caregivers: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 668 (estimated)
• Sponsor: The University of Hong Kong · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study will adopt the intervention of mindful yoga to improve the psychological well-being of older adults who discharged from hospital and their caregivers in Hong Kong.

Detailed description

In the proposed study, the investigators will conduct a fully powered, double-blind, and multicentered randomized controlled trial (RCT) of the efficacy of mindful yoga versus a psychoeducation control. The study sample will consist of older adults discharged from hospitals within the previous 3 months and their informal caregivers. The investigators will aim to determine: (1) the efficacy of mindful yoga in the study group versus the control group in improving the dyadic psychological well-being (as measured by depression, anxiety, stress, and meaning of life) of older adult-caregiver dyads (e.g., both actor and partner effects); (2) whether these improvements were maintained after 3 and 6 months; and (3) the lived experiences of older adults and their caregivers. The investigators hypothesize that: (1) mindful yoga will be more efficacious in improving outcomes compared with the control condition; (2) there will be both actor and partner effects of the intervention on the primary and secondary outcomes; and (3) these outcome improvements will be maintained at 3 and 6 months.

Conditions

• Psychological

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Mindful yoga	12 week mindful yoga intervention
BEHAVIORAL	Psychoeducation	12 week psychoeducation sessions

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-03-01
• Primary completion: 2028-03-01
• Completion: 2028-09-01
• First posted: 2023-10-23
• Last updated: 2024-12-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Hong Kong