Researching Heat and Yoga for Mood Enhancement in Depression
This study is looking into how heated yoga and non-heated yoga might help improve symptoms of depression. Researchers want to see if one type of yoga is better than the other, or if they are equally effective. You might be able to join if you are an adult between 18 and 65 years old, can read English, and have moderate depression (a PHQ-9 score between 10-20). The study will measure success by looking at changes in your depression symptoms using a questionnaire called the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) at different times over 20 weeks. The study plans to enroll 120 participants, but its current status is unclear.
- Study design
- This study is an interventional study comparing heated yoga and non-heated yoga. It aims to enroll 120 participants.
- What's involved
- Assessments will be conducted at baseline, mid-treatment, post-treatment, and follow-up. You would need to fill out a waiver for a community-based yoga studio before joining.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Your depression symptoms will be measured at Weeks 0, 4, 8, and 20.
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Researching Heat and Yoga for Mood Enhancement
At a glance
Conditions
NCT06094088
Where you'd take part
This study runs at 2 sites. They're the same protocol — you choose where, and that choice sets who your contact draft is addressed to.
Breathe Yoga Studio
Cambridge, Massachusettsno site contact published
Orange Door Collaborative
Cambridge, Massachusettsno site contact published
Sites open and close at different times, so the status above is per site — it can differ from the study's overall status.
Who to contact
This trial hasn't published a contact. View it on ClinicalTrials.gov
What this trial measures
- Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9)Weeks 0, 4, 8, and 20
This measure is a 9-item self-report questionnaire that is widely used to assess depression symptom severity. PHQ-9 scores range from 0 to 27. A PHQ-9 score ≥10 has a sensitivity of 88% and a specificity of 88% for major depression. PHQ-9 scores of 5, 10, 15, and 20 represented mild, moderate, moderately severe, and severe depression, respectively.