Forge AHEAD: Feasibility of Yoga to Improve Cognitive Function
For patients and families
In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Yoga group.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Heart Failure, Rural Health, Engagement, Patient. Basic parameters: from 55 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Engaging Stakeholders and Patients to Evaluate the Feasibility of Yoga to Improve Cognitive Function in Rural Heart Failure Patients in the Deep South
Overview
The investigators will conduct a two-phase pilot study to test the feasibility and acceptability of a 12-week Chair Yoga intervention for 20 heart-failure patients. Using a patient-centered approach, investigators will involve stakeholders in designing the protocol, gather patient feedback, and refine the protocol accordingly.
Detailed description
The aims of this study include:
Phase 1: Engaging stakeholders and patients to develop the initial study protocol.
1. Engage stakeholders and patients to develop the initial study protocol. 2. Recruit the first 10 patients to complete a 12-week online yoga intervention and collect data before and after the yoga intervention. 3. Evaluate the feasibility of yoga intervention and revise the initial study protocol with stakeholders based on the data collected from the patients.
Phase 2: Pilot the revised protocol and finalize plans.
1. Implement the revised study protocol for the next 10 patients, deliver a 12-week online yoga intervention, and collect data before and after the yoga intervention. 2. Evaluate the pilot results on the feasibility of yoga intervention to enhance patient-centered outcomes and cognitive function based on the data collected from the patients. 3. Finalize the study protocol with stakeholders and disseminate findings with communities.
Interventions
- Behavioral Yoga group
Chair yoga intervention
Primary outcome measures
- Perceptions and experiences of yoga practice measured by the Essential Properties of Yoga Questionnaire. [Time frame: After completion of 12-week intervention.]
- Cognitive function measured by the Montreal Cognitive Assessment. [Time frame: Baseline]
Secondary outcome measures (2)
- Health-related quality of life measured by the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire. [Time frame: Change from 0-12 weeks, from baseline pre-intervention to 12 weeks post-intervention.]
- Social factors of health measured by the Protocol for Responding to and Assessing Patients' Assets, Risks, and Experiences. [Time frame: Baseline]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Heart failure diagnosis
- Aged 55 years or older
Exclusion criteria
- Traumatic brain injury, co-existing neurological and psychiatric disorders
- Implanted defibrillator or metal objects, left ventricular assist device placement, or cardiac transplant
- Substance abuse
- Unable to perform yoga due to physical limitations or severity of illness
- Currently engaged in a yoga program
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- N/A
- Model
- Single group
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- Auburn University — Auburn
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07489105 · AU-25-001 · 5P50MD017338-04