Ayurvedic Versus Conventional Counseling in Mothers With Burnout-Syndrome

Charite University, Berlin, Germany40 enrolled

Overview

Aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of Ayurvedic diet and lifestyle counseling compared to conventional standard diet and lifestyle counseling in outpatient mothers with burnout-syndrome.

Ayurveda is a traditional Indian medicine: as a whole medical system it consists of diagnostic procedures and complex treatments. Ayurveda-treatment is based on Ayurvedic diagnosis and has a special focus on lifestyle and nutritional counseling, based on the individual constitution of the patient. Ayurvedic counseling can easily be followed by the patients in their day-to-day life and is an inexpensive way of self-care. In Ayurveda it is often used for the treatment of burnout-syndrome. However, no systematic data is available on its effectiveness in comparison to conventional standard diet and lifestyle counseling. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of Ayurvedic diet and lifestyle counseling compared to conventional standard diet and lifestyle counseling in outpatient mothers with burnout-syndrome.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Burnout-Syndrome

Interventions

Diet and Lifestyle CounselingBEHAVIORAL

Diet and Lifestyle Counseling

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 50 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * signed informed consent * age between 18 and 50 * mother of ≥ 1 child ≤ 12 years of age * job, education or studies ≥ 20 hours per week * subjective feeling of physical and mental exhaustion since ≥ 3 month * ≥ 18 points in the MBI Subscale "emotional exhaustion" at screening Exclusion Criteria: * change of psychotropic drug medication ≤ 6 weeks before inclusion * pregnancy or breastfeeding * pre-diagnosed major depression * serious chronic co-morbidity (e.g. CHF NYHA IV) * serious acute somatic health conditions * intake of opiods * simultaneous participation in other trials * praticipation in other trials during ≤ 6 month before inclusion

Locations (1)

Immanuel Hospital Berlin

Berlin, State of Berlin, Germany

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Maslach-Burnout-Inventory (MBI)

Time frame: 3 month

Secondary Outcomes

Maslach-Burnout-Inventory (MBI)

Time frame: 6 month

Cohen Perceived Stress Scale (CPSS)

Time frame: 3 and 6 month

Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS-D)

Time frame: 3 and 6 month

SF-36

Time frame: 3 and 6 month

Aspects of Spirituality (ASP)

Time frame: 3 and 6 month

Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)

Time frame: 3 and 6 month

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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