NCT06913582

The Effectiveness of Distance Yoga Learning in Improving Ma-ternal Pandemic-related Depression and Stress During Pregnancy

Chang Gung Medical Foundation Institutional Review Board

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 76 (actual)
• Sponsor: Chang Gung Memorial Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 22 Years – 43 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The goal of this quasi-experimental study design is to explore the effects of distance yoga learning in improving depression and pregnancy stress in pregnant women during the pandemic disease. The main questions which aim to answer are: 1. hypothesis1 - Distance yoga learning can decrease depression during pregnancy. 2. hypothesis2 -Distance yoga learning can decrease pregnancy stress. The experimental group received a 12-week pregnancy yoga program, including one weekly 60-minute distance yoga class and followed by 2 times of DVD yoga exercise at home while the control group received only routine nursing care.

Detailed description

This is a quasi-experimental study design for primiparous women in the obstetrics and gynecology department of a regional hospital as the research subjects. This study received ethical approval from the hospital and all participants provided written informed consent. After the researcher took convenience samples and explained the research purpose in the prenatal parent classroom, they were assigned to the experimental group and the control group according to the wishes of the cases. Pregnant women in the experimental group received routine prenatal care guidance and yoga exercises three times a week, while the control group only received routine pre-natal guidance and the differences between the two groups were compared. The sample size was estimated using G-power 3.1.9.2 software. The sample size was estimated to be 52 participants. Assuming the attrition rate was 20%, there were 32 people in the experimental group and the control group making a total of 64 participants. During the study, one participant in the experimental group had premature delivery due to early water rupture, and the other one was hospitalized for tocolysis due to frequent uterine contractions and therefore withdrew from the experiment, resulting in a loss of 2 samples. For control group, one participant was admitted to the hospital for tocolysis due to prepartum hemorrhage and was withdrew from the study. Therefore, a total of 61 participants completed the study .

Conditions

• Pregnancy Related

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Yoga	A 12-week pregnancy yoga program was delivered to experimental group (n=30) including one weekly 60-minute remote online yoga class and followed by 2 times of DVD yoga exercise.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-06-22
• Primary completion: 2023-06-21
• Completion: 2023-06-21
• First posted: 2025-04-06
• Last updated: 2025-04-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Taiwan