EFFECT OF SHORT-TERM YOGA PRACTICES ON PSYCHOLOGICAL GENERAL WELL BEING IN MEDICAL STUDENTS

Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2013, Vol 2, Issue 12

Abstract

 Yoga is assuming importance in improving mental health and quality of life and in the treatment of a number of psychiatric and psychosomatic disorders. Medical students are foundation of the medical profession; hence they must be aware of the alternative and adjunct therapy for the betterment of their patients. One of the most beneficial alternative therapies is Yoga therapy. Medical students must know how yoga is useful for their patients. Keeping this objective in mind, the present study was conducted on medical students to make them aware what yoga is and to encourage them to incorporate yoga in their life and to use it for the benefits of their patients as an adjunct to the medicinal treatment. The study was conducted on healthy medical students (21 males and 15 females) of age group 17-21 years in the department of physiology, Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College, and Maharaja Yashwantrao Hospital, Indore. After obtaining an informed consent; and satisfying the inclusion and exclusion criteria, the psychological well being of the subjects was assessed by “Psychological General Well Being Schedule Score (Sajatovic 2003)” on the first day before the subjects started yoga practices. The students performed the yoga practices in the morning for one hour, six days in a week, for four weeks under expert’s observation. The yoga practices consisted of Prayer, Omkar recitation, asana, and Pranayama. Psychological well being was assessed using the same schedule score on the last day of yoga programme. Data thus collected were compiled, tabulated and analyzed by using students’ ‘t’ test. There was highly significant improvement in psychological well being of the students as denoted by p value of <.0.001. Conclusion: There is a marked improvement in the psychological well being scores of the students after performing short-term yoga practices. By extending these results we suggest that short-term yoga practices can therefore make an appreciable contribution to primary prevention as well as management of various psychological and life style diseases.

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Manjula Mehta, Priti Taneja

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  • DOI 10.14260/jemds/467
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Manjula Mehta, Priti Taneja (2013).  EFFECT OF SHORT-TERM YOGA PRACTICES ON PSYCHOLOGICAL GENERAL WELL BEING IN MEDICAL STUDENTS. Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences, 2(12), 1812-1819. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-90113