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| Year : 2022 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 78-82 |
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Effect of structured supervised yoga on stress, anxiety, and depression during a pandemic situation among the population of an urban resettlement colony of Delhi: A quasi-experimental study
Suprakash Mandal, Puneet Misra, Shashi Kant, Meenu Sangral, Priyanka Kardam
Centre for Community Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Puneet Misra
Centre for Community Medicine, Room No. 30, Old OT Block, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansarinagar East, New Delhi - 110 029
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/ym.ym_107_22
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Background: Increased level of stress has a potential impact on physical, mental, and social well-being. It was seen aggravated during the global pandemic situation of COVID-19.
Aim: The aim of this study was to find the effect of a community-based structured yoga program on the level of stress, anxiety, and depression.
Materials and Methods: This was a community-based quasi-experimental study of pre–post in type involving 26 adult participants without any preexisting morbidity. All of them were provided 12 weeks of structured yoga program of 50 min/session, ≥2 sessions/week. Psychometric questionnaire, Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21), stress biomarker serum cortisol, C-reactive protein, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and rate pressure product were used to assess the primary and secondary outcome variables.
Results: A total of 26 participants (male: 6 and female: 20) were enrolled and 18 participants completed the follow-up assessment. The median number of yoga sessions attended was 22. At the end of 12 weeks, there was a significant reduction of the stress component of DASS-21 (p: 0.0018) and the serum cortisol level (p: 0.032). Other variables had a reduction but it was not significant. No adverse effect was reported by the participants.
Conclusions: This community-based yoga study showed beneficial effects among the participants. The stress level was found reduced significantly. However, the sustainable effect needed to be assessed further.
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