Study design and setting
depression, anxiety
RECRUITMENT
The YOGESTA (Gestational Yoga) trial was carried out at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India after taking approval from the institutional ethics committee PGIMER.This was an Open label, Parallel randomized controlled trial of online Yoga intervention among uncomplicated pregnant women. We recruited the participants in the 16th to 20th week of pregnancy and randomized them into Yoga and Usual care groups (UCG). Yoga group participants attended online morning Yoga classes from the time of recruitment until delivery, with daily attendance records and screenshots/videos of Yoga classes taken to ensure compliance with the intervention. UCG participants did not practice any Yoga or exercise during the study period. Assessment was done at two time points, baseline and follow-up. Baseline measurements were collected at the time of recruitment, i.e., between the 16th and the 20th week of pregnancy, and follow-up measurements were taken after 32 gestational weeks, using questionnaires to assess perceived stress (PSS); depression, anxiety, and stress (DASS); and quality of life (WHO-QOL BREF). The study design is both a between-subjects variable (comparing the Yoga group to the usual care group) and a within-subjects variable (comparing pre and post-intervention). The study was registered prospectively in the Clinical Trials Registry-India.