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Yoga as a Treatment for Insomnia
For Condition: Insomnia
Status: Recruiting
Sponsor(s): National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) ,
Synopsis: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a daily, 8-week treatment for insomnia using yoga, relaxation exercises or sleep hygiene. ***PARTICIPANTS MUST LIVE IN THE METROPOLITAN BOSTON AREA IN ORDER TO ENROLL IN THIS STUDY***
Details: Insomnia is a sleep disorder characterized by a chronic difficulty in initiating and maintaining sleep which has a relatively high prevalence and a significant socioeconomic cost. There is good evidence that cognitive and/or physiological arousal, associated with sustained sympathetic activation, is one of the underlying causes of insomnia. Relaxation treatments such as progressive relaxation and meditation which address the cognitive and somatic arousal associated with insomnia have been found to be effective. Yoga is a comprehensive discipline which includes physical exercises, postures, breathing techniques, and meditation, for the purpose of improving health and well being. Research studies have documented the effectiveness of yoga in reducing sympathetic activation and cognitive and somatic arousal and in the treatment of specific medical disorders. Although it has been used and recommended for the treatment of insomnia, its effectiveness has not been evaluated in a randomized, controlled study. The aim of this proposal is to evaluate the effectiveness of yoga, relaxation exercises or sleep hygiene in the treatment of chronic psychophysiological insomnia. A subjective measure of sleep onset latency will be derived from daily sleep diaries, and an objective measure will be drawn from polysomnographic recordings. Sleep onset latency will be evaluated before and after a two month treatment period in a total of 48 young men and women who have been carefully screened for psychiatric and medical disorders. Subjects will be assigned to a yoga, relaxation exercise, or sleep hygiene treatment group. We anticipate that yoga practice will prove to be an effective treatment for insomnia which will yield significant improvements in sleep onset latency. We also anticipate that these improvements will be maintained at long-term follow up evaluation.
Eligibility:
Study Type: Interventional, Treatment, Randomized, Open Label, Active Control, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study
Minimum Age/Maximum Age: 25 Years/59 Years
Genders: Both
Protocol Entry Criteria: Inclusion criteria - A primary complaint of sleep-onset insomnia for at least 6 months. Exclusion Criteria - No current other nonpharmacological treatment for insomnia. - Ability or willingness to discontinue use of hypnotic medications. - No rotating or night shift work, or transcontinental travel throughout the course of the study protocol. - No recent or anticipated major life stressors over the course of the study protocol (e.g. impending divorce or terminal illness of a relative).
Total Enrollment:
Location and Contact Information:
Overall Study Official:
SatSingh Khalsa, Principal Investigator, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Brigham and Women's Hospital Division of Sleep Medicine *Recruiting*
Boston, Massachusetts, 02115
United States
Recruiting
Additional Information:
Study ID Numbers: 1 R21 AT00266-01A1;
Study Start Date: April 2001
Record last reviewed: October 2003
Additional information available at: clinicaltrials.gov
Clinicaltrials.gov Reference link: NCT00033865
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