Effect of Yoga on Reducing Craving in Tobacco Dependent Individuals
Randomized Control Study to Study the Effect of Yoga on Reducing Craving in Tobacco Dependent Individuals Who Want to Quit Tobacco Use
University of Pittsburgh
96 participants
Nov 1, 2024
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
Yoga is a culturally acceptable practice that can reduce craving and help people quit tobacco. There is a need to evaluate the feasibility of implementation of a well- designed yoga protocol to address craving in individuals who use tobacco in India.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria3
- Tobacco dependent individuals (Fagerstrom test for tobacco dependence score more than or equal to 4)
- Men aged 18 to 65 years
- Recruited from Rural community health and training centre, Mugalur, Tobacco cessation centre and OPDs of Department of general medicine, pulmonary medicine, cardiology, oncology, ENT and dental surgery and other superspeciality OPD at SJMCH
Exclusion Criteria7
- Patients with recent alcohol use (last 3 months) and use of other drugs of abuse
- Patients with clinical diagnosis of Intellectual disability
- Comorbid Major mental illness including Dementia, Psychosis, Recurrent depressive disorder, Bipolar affective disorder, OCD, generalized anxiety disorder, Panic disorder and Phobias, diagnosed within the last 6 months.
- Patients with recent MI and stroke in the last 3 months or those physically unable to perform the yoga postures due to physical disabilities determined by clinical interview.
- Patients with severe hypertension(SBP≥180mmHg and BP≥120mmHg)
- Patients with seizures disorder
- Patients with COPD(GOLD-2,3 and 4)
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Interventions
Participants in yoga arm will receive intervention from an instructor who would be trained in the intervention by the yoga adviser.All the yoga exercises selected for this study are low-impact and involve highly controlled movements. All yoga exercises will be taught and supervised by a skilled yoga-instructor. The yoga-instructor will take great care to emphasize to participants that they should not go beyond their usual range of motion/comfort for any of the yoga exercises.
WHO 5As model to help patients ready to quit. The five major steps to intervention are the "5 A's": Ask, Advise, Assess, Assist, and Arrange.
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NCT06488443