Bhatia 2014.
Trial name or title | Protocol to evaluate the impact of yoga supplementation on cognitive function in schizophrenia: a randomised controlled trial |
Methods | Allocation: randomised. Blinding: single blind (outcomes assessor). Duration: yoga training daily for 1 hour for 21 days. Design: parallel. Setting: Department of Psychiatry, Post‐Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi, India. |
Participants | Diagnosis: people with a clinical diagnosis of schizophrenia using DSM‐IV criteria. History: Patients with a clinical diagnosis of schizophrenia were referred to research staff and screened by research personnel. They were then given information on study goals and procedures. N = 234. Age: > 18 years. Sex: males and females. Inclusion criteria: DSM‐IV diagnosis of schizophrenia, age 18 years or older, resident of Delhi. Exclusion criteria: Prior participation in yoga study in research centre, mental ''retardation'' sufficient to impact trial understanding, presence of comorbid conditions that could worsen with exercise, neurological illness that may cause cognitive impairment independent of schizophrenia, presence of physical disability or illness for which yoga or physical exercise are contraindicted. |
Interventions | 1. Yoga: includes postures or yoga postures (asanas) and pranayama (breathing protocols) using a manualised protocol. 2. Exercise: ''simple'' physical exercise for 1 hour daily, 15 minutes of brisk walking followed by light exercise. 3. Standard care: treatment as usual. All groups stable pharmacotherapy where possible. |
Outcomes | Cognitive function (Trail Making Test and University of Pennsylvania Computerized Neurocognitive Battery). Clinical severity and daily functioning (Independent Living Skills Survey). Mental state (Schedule for the Assessment of Positive Symptoms and Schedule for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms). General function (Global Assessment of Function). |
Starting date | August 2010. |
Contact information | Triptish Bhatia, GRIP‐NIH project, Room #30, Department of Psychiatry, Park Street, Post‐graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Dr. Ram Lohia Hospital, New Delhi‐110001, India, Tel +91 11 23404363 bhatiatriptish@yahoo.co.in |
Notes | Contacted for study data 10 March 2015, no reply. |