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

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Saint Pierre

Status: Completed

Conditions: Primary Insomnia

Treatments: Behavioral: Yoga

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03314441

BE076201733641

Details and patient eligibility

About

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

Full 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.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 100 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

-primary insomnia

Exclusion criteria

• shift work,
• associated sleep disorder (sleep apnea, narcolepsy,..)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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20 participants in 1 patient group

Yoga

Experimental group

Description:

Patients receiving Yoga lessons for 3 months

Treatment:

Behavioral: Yoga