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ArticleIndustrial psychiatry journal

Effect of four weeks of integrated yoga intervention on perceived stress and sleep quality among female nursing professionals working at a tertiary care hospital: A pilot study.

Niranjan Parajuli, Balaram Pradhan, Mansingh Jat

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Article in Industrial psychiatry journal. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Niranjan ParajuliCentre for Integrative Medicine and Research, AIIMS, New Delhi, India.
Balaram PradhanDivision of Yoga and Humanities, SVYASA, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Mansingh JatCentre for Integrative Medicine and Research, AIIMS, New Delhi, India.
All India Institute of Medical Sciences · INSwami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundStudies have reported that significant nursing professionals experience tremendous stress which often affects their sleep quality leading to poor well-being. Yoga being a mind body intervention reported to improve sleep quality and reduce stress.

aimThe present pilot study was designed to assess the effect of yoga on perceived stress and sleep quality of the female nursing professionals working at tertiary care hospital. MATERIALS AND

methodsThirty-three apparently healthy nursing staffs in the age range of 30-60 years (mean age 40.60 ± 10.26) were recruited as participants of the study, from a tertiary care hospital in Delhi. Participants were administered perceived stress scale (PSS) and Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI) before and after the yoga intervention. Participants received 4 week of yoga intervention for 45 min/day for 5 days a week.

resultsThere was a significant reduction on the postscores of PSS (t = 5.86,

conclusionThe finding of the study suggests effectiveness of yoga in reduction of the perceived stress and improvement of the quality of sleep of the nursing professional. However, the present findings need to be confirmed with further studies with larger sample size and robust research design.

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Nursing professionsleep qualitystressyoga

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PMID34483538
PMCPMC8395542
OpenAlexW3198445191

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