Effect of Practicing Yoga and Meditation on Cortisol Hormone, Immunoglobulin a and Metabolic Parameter Among Medical Students (GSY)

University of Pecs

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Healthy; Adult Children

Treatments: Behavioral: GSY Yoga Intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06661603

GSY (Goodbye Stress with Yoga)

Details and patient eligibility

About

This clinical trial aims to develop and test a yoga intervention to improve cortisol hormone rhythm, immunoglobulin A, and metabolic markers among medical students. The development of the yoga protocol, "GSY Goodbye Stress with Yoga Proto-col," was a collaborative effort involving a certified yoga trainer, medical researcher, and experienced yogis from India. GSY yoga intervention, which includes yoga asanas poses, breathing techniques, and guided meditation, may reduce stress levels, improve immunity, and enhance other metabolic parameters in medical students.

Full description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:

1. To examine the effectiveness of yoga intervention as a stress reduction technique and measure its effects on the level of cortisol, immunoglobulin A (IgA), and metabolic parameters.
2. To Compare the outcomes of a yoga intervention group to a non-yoga intervention group to determine whether practicing yoga can reduce the negative impacts of elevated cortisol on the physiological parameters.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

1. To determine the correlation between the psychophysiological stress and cortisol hormone in students.
2. To investigate the effect of yoga intervention on student mental health and well-being.

OUTLINE:

Participants receive yoga intervention from a certified yoga trainer once a week for 10 weeks.

Enrollment: 280 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 40 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

The inclusion criteria for the study required participants to be currently enrolled in the Medicine Faculty of the University of Pecs

Exclusion criteria

Students with illnesses (such as recent injuries, chronic pain, or significant arthritis) that would make it unsafe for them to take part in a yoga intervention will be excluded from the study.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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280 participants in 2 patient groups

GSY Yoga Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

GSY Goodbye Stress with Yoga Protocol Full body warm-up and light stretching exercise 15 min Performing various yoga postures - including standing, sitting, prone, and supine yoga postures (Asanas) 50 min Breathing exercises = (Pranayama)10 min and Meditation15 min \*The development of the yoga protocol, named "GSY Goodbye Stress with Yoga Protocol," was a collaborative effort involving a certified yoga trainer, a medical researcher, and experienced yogis from India.

Treatment:

Behavioral: GSY Yoga Intervention

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

The participants who don't receive any kind of therapy, which means the control group with standard care and without any treatment or intervention.