The effects of yoga on student mental health: a randomised controlled trial.
Mental health
distress
public health
sleep
yoga
Journal
Health psychology and behavioral medicine
ISSN: 2164-2850
Titre abrégé: Health Psychol Behav Med
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101624393
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
11 Nov 2020
11 Nov 2020
Historique:
entrez:
27
5
2021
pubmed:
28
5
2021
medline:
28
5
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Universities around the world are facing an epidemic of mental distress among their students. The problem is truly a public health issue, affecting many and with serious consequences. The global burden of disease-agenda calls for effective interventions with lasting effects that have the potential to improve the mental health of young adults. In this study we aimed to determine whether yoga, a popular and widely available mind-body practice, can improve student mental health. We performed a randomised controlled trial with 202 healthy university students in the Oslo area. The participants were assigned to a yoga group or waitlist control group in a 1:1 ratio by a simple online randomisation program. The intervention group was offered 24 yoga sessions over 12 weeks. Measurements were taken at week 0 (baseline), week 12 (post-intervention), and week 24 (follow-up). The primary outcome was psychological distress assessed by the HSCL-25 questionnaire. Analysis was performed based on the intention to treat-principle. Between 24 January 2017, and 27 August 2017, we randomly assigned 202 students to a yoga intervention group ( Our findings suggest that yoga has a moderately large and lasting effect, at least for some months, reducing symptoms of distress and improving sleep quality among students. Further research should seek ways to enhance the effect, assess an even longer follow-up period, include active control groups, and consider performing similar studies in other cultural settings.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Universities around the world are facing an epidemic of mental distress among their students. The problem is truly a public health issue, affecting many and with serious consequences. The global burden of disease-agenda calls for effective interventions with lasting effects that have the potential to improve the mental health of young adults. In this study we aimed to determine whether yoga, a popular and widely available mind-body practice, can improve student mental health.
METHODS
METHODS
We performed a randomised controlled trial with 202 healthy university students in the Oslo area. The participants were assigned to a yoga group or waitlist control group in a 1:1 ratio by a simple online randomisation program. The intervention group was offered 24 yoga sessions over 12 weeks. Measurements were taken at week 0 (baseline), week 12 (post-intervention), and week 24 (follow-up). The primary outcome was psychological distress assessed by the HSCL-25 questionnaire. Analysis was performed based on the intention to treat-principle.
RESULTS
RESULTS
Between 24 January 2017, and 27 August 2017, we randomly assigned 202 students to a yoga intervention group (
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
Our findings suggest that yoga has a moderately large and lasting effect, at least for some months, reducing symptoms of distress and improving sleep quality among students. Further research should seek ways to enhance the effect, assess an even longer follow-up period, include active control groups, and consider performing similar studies in other cultural settings.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34040886
doi: 10.1080/21642850.2020.1843466
pii: 1843466
pmc: PMC8114365
doi:
Banques de données
ClinicalTrials.gov
['NCT04258540']
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
573-586Informations de copyright
© 2020 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The study was approved by the Regional Committee for Medical Research Ethics in South-East Norway in November 2016.TE has been an instructor at HiYoga. She did not teach any yoga classes during the study and owns no part of HiYoga. She declares no other conflict of interest, nor does anyone else in the author group.
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