Chronic pain is highly prevalent and associated with a large symptom burden, that is had been more concerning during Covid-19 outbreak and lockdown. Benefits of yoga in chronic pain management are very well known. With this background we developed Tele-Yoga therapy program and evaluated the success of this single arm study.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
18
Yoga practices combining with joint loosening exercises (Sukshma Vyayama), postures (Asana), breathing exercises (Pranayama), relaxation techniques and chanting ( A, U, M, and AUM { ૐ}) syllable chants meditation. Each session ended with home practice exercises given to the participants to practice everyday.
Aarogyam UK
Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
Pain Intensity
visual-analogic scale (VAS), using pain level from "no pain" (0) to "worst imaginable pain" (10)
Time frame: From baseline to 6-week post intervention
Pain Disability
Pain Disability Index (PDI) using seven rating scales, structured in Likert form, from "no disability" (0) to "worst disability" (10)
Time frame: From baseline to 6-week post intervention
Anxiety
Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale, consisting of 7 scales for measuring anxiety levels
Time frame: From Baseline to 6-week post intervention
Depression
Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale, consisting of 7 scales for measuring depression levels
Time frame: From baseline to 6-week post intervention
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