Effect of yoga on different aspects of mental health.
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2012-07
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Abstract
State anxiety, somatization of stress, quality of life, self-rated
quality of sleep, and discomfort due to over-breathing which occurs when
stressed were studied. Out of a total of 140 participants, seventy participants
self-selected to be in a yoga group for stress relief (group mean age±SD,
33.0±6.5 years; 37 males). Seventy age and gender matched participants
were in a control group. State anxiety, somatization of stress, quality of
life, discomfort and self-rated quality of sleep were assessed using the
State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Symptom Checklist-90-R, SF-12, Nijmegen
Discomfort Evaluation Scale and a Sleep Rating Questionnaire respectively.
Assessments were made at the beginning and end of the week. Repeated
measures ANOVAs with Bonferroni adjusted post-hoc analyses showed a
significant decrease in state anxiety (P<0.001), somatization of stress
(P<0.01), improved health-related quality of life (P<0.01), self-rated quality
of sleep (P<0.01), and decrease in discomfort due to over-breathing
(P<0.001). No changes (except decreased discomfort due to over-breathing;
P<0.01) occurred in the control group. This study suggests that a brief yoga
program may be beneficial in decreasing anxiety, somatization of stress and
discomfort, improving health-related quality of life and self-rated sleep
quality.
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yogastate anxiety, somatization of stress, quality of life, self-rated sleep
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Telles Shirley, Singh Nilkamal, Yadav Arti, Balkrishna Acharya. Effect of yoga on different aspects of mental health. Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology. 2012 Jul-Sept; 56(3): 245-254.