Forge AHEAD: Yoga for Cognitive Function in Heart Failure
This study, called Forge AHEAD, is exploring whether chair yoga can improve thinking and memory skills (cognitive function) for people with heart failure. Researchers will involve patients and experts to help design and refine a 12-week online chair yoga program. They will then test this program with 20 participants. To join, you must be 55 years or older and have a heart failure diagnosis. You cannot participate if you have certain brain injuries, neurological or psychiatric conditions, implanted devices like defibrillators, substance abuse issues, or physical limitations preventing yoga. The study will measure participants' experiences with yoga and their cognitive function. The current status of the study is unclear.
- Study design
- This is an interventional study that will involve 20 participants in two phases. It is a pilot study to test the feasibility and acceptability of the yoga intervention.
- What's involved
- You would participate in a 12-week online chair yoga intervention. Data will be collected before and after the yoga intervention.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Cognitive function is measured at baseline, and perceptions and experiences of yoga practice are measured after completion of the 12-week intervention. It is not specified if there is follow-up beyond this point.
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Forge AHEAD: Feasibility of Yoga to Improve Cognitive Function
At a glance
Conditions
NCT07489105
Where you'd take part
This study runs at 1 site. They're the same protocol — you choose where, and that choice sets who your contact draft is addressed to.
Auburn University
Auburn, Alabamastudy coordinator listed
Recruiting
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
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What this trial measures
- Perceptions and experiences of yoga practice measured by the Essential Properties of Yoga Questionnaire.After completion of 12-week intervention.
Includes 62 items. Rated on Likert scales from 0 (not at all) to 4 (a very large amount). Score range converted to 0 to 100%, with higher scores indicating a stronger presence/intensity of the specific yoga property.
- Cognitive function measured by the Montreal Cognitive Assessment.Baseline
Score range 0 to 30. Score ≥26: generally normal (context-dependent); 18-25: mild impairment range; \<18: more likely moderate-severe impairment.