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Research: WARD and COLLEAGUES,
Listed in Issue 300
Abstract
WARD and COLLEAGUES, 1 School of Physiotherapy, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.; 2 Department of Medicine, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.; 3 Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.; 4 Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA, USA. Conducted a study to determine the feasibility of a relaxation-based yoga intervention for rheumatoid arthritis, designed and reported in accordance with Delphi recommendations for yoga interventions for musculoskeletal conditions.
Background
The aim of the present study was to determine the feasibility of a relaxation-based yoga intervention for rheumatoid arthritis, designed and reported in accordance with Delphi recommendations for yoga interventions for musculoskeletal conditions.
Methodology
Participants were recruited from a hospital database, and randomized to either eight weekly 75-min yoga classes or a usual care control. Feasibility was determined by recruitment rates, retention, protocol adherence, participant satisfaction and adverse events. Secondary physical and psychosocial outcomes were assessed using self-reported questionnaires at baseline (week 0), week 9 (primary time point) and week 12 (follow-up).
Results
Over a 3-month period, 26 participants with mild pain, mild to moderate functional disability and moderate disease activity were recruited into the study (25% recruitment rate). Retention rates were 100% for yoga participants and 92% for usual care participants at both weeks 9 and 12. Protocol adherence and participant satisfaction were high. Yoga participants attended a median of seven classes; additionally, seven of the yoga participants (54%) reported continuing yoga at home during the follow-up period. No serious adverse events were related to the study. Secondary outcomes showed no group effects of yoga compared with usual care.
Conclusion
A relaxation-based yoga programme was found to be feasible and safe for participants with rheumatoid arthritis-related pain and functional disability. Adverse events were minor, and not unexpected from an intervention including physical components. This pilot provides a framework for larger intervention studies, and supports further exploration of yoga as a complex intervention to assist with the management of rheumatoid arthritis. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
References
Lesley Ward 1 2 , Simon Stebbings 2 , Josie Athens 3 , Daniel Cherkin 4 , G David Baxter 1 Yoga for the management of pain and sleep in rheumatoid arthritis: a pilot randomized controlled trial Musculoskeletal Care;16(1):39-47. doi: 10.1002/msc.1201. Epub 2017 Jun 16. Mar 2018.
Comment
The above research demonstrated that a relaxation-based yoga programme is found to be feasible and safe for participants with rheumatoid arthritis-related pain and functional disability.
