Yoga-based group sessions for inpatients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders
Tests yoga-based group sessions alongside usual care in adults hospitalized with schizophrenia spectrum disorders.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Yoga-based Group Intervention (YoGI) for In-patients With Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders
Key facts
- Where
- Steglitz, GermanySee the site
AI summary: who the study is looking for
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for adults treated as in-patients for a schizophrenia spectrum disorder. It tests a yoga-based group programme next to usual psychiatric care.
- Age
- 18 to 90 years
- Sex
- Men and women can join.
- Disease stage
- Schizophrenia spectrum disorder (ICD-10 code F2) with a low to moderate psychotic state, a score of 6 or less on each item of the PANSS Positive scale.
- Earlier treatment
- Must be treated as an in-patient on the psychosis ward or in the social-psychiatric day clinic. Cannot be having electroconvulsive therapy or ketamine treatment.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Acute psychotic episode with severe symptoms (PANSS score above 6)
- Acute suicidality (item eight of the Calgary Depression Scale for Schizophrenia above 1)
- A neurological disorder that may affect thinking skills
- Acute substance abuse other than nicotine and prescribed medication
- Conflicting co-therapy such as electroconvulsive therapy or ketamine treatment
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Could this be for you?
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- Are you between 18 and 90 years old?
Source: NCT04730518, who can take part
Where in Germany
- Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin FranklinSteglitz, GermanyContact: Kerem Böge, Dr.Taking people
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
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- Who runs it
- Charite University, Berlin, Germany
- Trial code
- NCT04730518
- Record updated
- 24 February 2025
- Original description
A rater-blinded randomized controlled trial with a parallel-group design is utilized, comprised of yoga-based group intervention (YoGI) in the experimental condition, and treatment as usual (TAU) in the control condition. The participants in the experimental condition participate in YoGI beside their regular psychiatric treatment (TAU). The intervention is designed for in-patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders. With the aim of examining the feasibility, acceptability and effectiveness, self-report and blinded rater-based assessments are evaluated before the YoGI (T0), and after four weeks of taking part in intervention (T1).Read full original descriptionShow less
Yoga-based Group Intervention for In-Patients With Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder - a Rater-Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial
A rater-blinded randomized controlled trial with a parallel-group design is utilized, comprised of yoga-based group intervention (YoGI) in the experimental condition, and treatment as usual (TAU) in the control condition. The participants in the experimental condition participate in YoGI beside their regular psychiatric treatment (TAU). The intervention is designed for in-patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders. With the aim of examining the feasibility, acceptability and effectiveness, self-report and blinded rater-based assessments are evaluated before the YoGI (T0), and after four weeks of taking part in intervention (T1).
Building on the results of the feasibility and acceptability trial, the study is now progressing to a full randomized controlled trial. The primary outcome for the full trial will be positive symptoms of schizophrenia spectrum disorders, assessed by a blinded rater using the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS). The target sample size has been adjusted to ensure sufficient statistical power, and the trial will evaluate secondary outcomes, including (body) mindfulness, negative symptoms, cognitive functioning, and quality of life, and stress. This study aims to provide robust evidence for the effectiveness of YoGI in comparison to treatment as usual (TAU).
Inclusion: male and female participants; treated as psychiatric inpatients at the psychosis ward or in the social-psychiatric day clinic; ≥18 years; diagnosis of a schizophrenia-spectrum disorder according to the Diagnostical and Statistical Manual 5th edition) and the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems(ICD-10) code F2; ability to give informed consent; willingness and ability to engage in psychotherapeutic group therapy; low to moderate psychotic state indicated with a score of ≤ 6 for each item at the Positive scale of the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS, Peralta \& Cuesta, 1994).
Exclusion: acute substance abuse other than nicotine and prescribed medication; conflicting co-therapy such as electroconvulsive therapy or ketamine treatment; any neurological disorders that may affect cognitive functioning; a score > 6, suggesting an acute psychotic episode with severe psychotic symptoms (Peralta\& Cuesta, 1994); acute suicidality, assessed by item eight of the Calgary Depression Scale for Schizophrenia > 1 (Addington, Addington, Maticka-Tyndale, \& Joyce, 1992).