Actively Recruiting
Exercise-based Program for Rehabilitation of Veterans With Severe Mental Illness
Led by VA Office of Research and Development · Updated on 2025-11-18
112
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
187 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
This is a hybrid1, effectiveness-implementation study of yoga-based exercises (YE) as an adjunctive tool for rehabilitation among persons with Severe Mental Illness (SMI). The two-arm randomized controlled trial will compare the efficacy of YE compared to the Wellness Lifestyle Program (WLP). Primary outcomes of the study will be self-report and performance-based measures of community functioning, defined in the investigators study as social, leisure, employment, and life skills functioning in the community. Secondary outcomes will include cognition and physical fitness measures.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Exercise-based Program for Rehabilitation of Veterans With Severe Mental Illness
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Written informed consent
- Age between 18 and 70 years
- Diagnosed with schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, or bipolar 1 disorder
- Diagnosis may include co-occurring alcohol or substance use disorders
- Clinically stable condition
- Clinical global impression-severity score indicating mild to moderate illness
You will not qualify if you...
- Unable to provide written informed consent
- Intellectual disability impacting understanding of yoga exercises (IQ below 80)
- Physical disability or illness preventing participation, including recent angina, recent myocardial infarction without physician approval, uncontrolled blood pressure
- Neurological illnesses such as dementia, stroke, or head injury
- Severe vision impairment
- Currently receiving more than one hour per week of relaxation or mind-body stress reduction treatments related to yoga
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System University Drive Division, Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15240
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
V
Vishwajit L Nimgaonkar, MD PhD
CONTACT
G
Gretchen L Haas, PhD
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
DOUBLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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