Effect of Yoga on Reducing Craving in Tobacco Dependent Individuals
ConditionTobacco Dependence
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexMale
Age18-65
SponsorUniversity of Pittsburgh
About this trial
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 criteria
Qualifiers
-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
Disqualifiers
-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)
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Yoga
- WHO 5As model intervention
Treatment groups
96 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
University of Pittsburgh
Lead sponsor
Fogarty International Center of the National Institute of Health
Collaborator
St.John's Medical College and Hospital
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov