The goal of this application is to collect survey data indicating the effects of a digital Yoga Nidra practice on anxiety and sleep during COVID-19. We will explore effects on momentary anxiousness, as well as on sleep. Participants will be consented through REDCap during the Yoga Nidra class, then asked to complete an intake form, a sleep questionnaire (composed of questions from the Post Sleep Questionnaire (PSQ)) and a pre/post State Trait Anxiety (STAI) Index, surrounding the practice. Participants will receive an email the next morning, inquiring about their sleep (\~2 min survey), and again the following week, the morning of the Yoga Nidra class, in order to remind them about the weekly class offering and also to collect sleep data for a night that did not include pre-bed Yoga Nidra. We will additionally report feasibility measures including enrollment, retention, qualitative feedback, and challenges of using the digital platform. Using this data, we will gain valuable feasibility data for implementation of this type of mind-body practice using digital platforms. We will also gain important data on the effects of this practice on anxiety and sleep.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
74
The practice of Yoga Nidra, is a scripted and reproducible, guided meditation technique that promotes mental, emotional and physical relaxation while also facilitating the transition between waking and sleeping.
National University of Natural Medicine, Helfgott Research Institute
Portland, Oregon, United States
Change in Momentary Anxiety
State Trait Anxiety (STAI-6) Short Form (scale 20 to 80, with higher scores indicating higher momentary anxiety)
Time frame: Pre-intervention and immediately after the intervention
Change in Sleep Quality
Post Sleep Questionnaire (PSQ): six questions
Time frame: Baseline (pre-intervention), 1 day (morning after intervention), and 2-6 days later (survey sent each Tuesday, to capture a night without Yoga Nidra)
Incidence of Intervention-Emergent Challenges as assessed by a Feedback Survey
Qualitative Feedback Survey (developed in-house)
Time frame: Post-intervention (survey sent at 16 weeks)
Satisfaction as assessed by a Feedback Survey
Qualitative Feedback Survey (developed in-house)
Time frame: Post-intervention (survey sent at 16-weeks)
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