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ArticleSports (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Impact of 10 Weeks of Yoga Intervention on Mental Health and Overall Well-Being Among Medical Students: GSY Study.

Shalini Chauhan, Sachal Sadiq Najaf, Gergely Lukács, Király Anita Kinga, István Karsai, Viktoria Prémusz

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Article in Sports (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06661603 (Effect of Practicing Yoga and Meditation on Cortisol Hormone, Immunoglobulin A and Metabolic Parameter Among Medical Students), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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2 · The registry

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Effect of Practicing Yoga and Meditation on Cortisol Hormone, Immunoglobulin A and Metabolic Parameter Among Medical Students

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of PecsRan2022 to 2025Enrolled280ConditionsHealthy, Adult ChildrenArmsGSY Yoga Intervention
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Shalini ChauhanDoctoral School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pécs, H-7621 Pécs, Hungary.ORCID 0000-0002-1484-9991
Sachal Sadiq NajafGSY-Goodbye Stress with Yoga Project, University of Pécs, H-7621 Pécs, Hungary.ORCID 0009-0004-0339-8410
Gergely LukácsDoctoral School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pécs, H-7621 Pécs, Hungary.ORCID 0000-0003-0619-6502
Király Anita KingaDoctoral School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pécs, H-7621 Pécs, Hungary.ORCID 0000-0001-9279-8926
István KarsaiDoctoral School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pécs, H-7621 Pécs, Hungary.
Viktoria PrémuszDoctoral School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pécs, H-7621 Pécs, Hungary.ORCID 0000-0002-4059-104X

Funding

Ministry of Culture and Innovation, the National Research, Development, and Innovation Fund EKÖP-24-4-II-PTE-345Ministry of Culture and Innovation, the National Research, Development, and Innovation Fund RRF-2.3.1-21-2022-00012
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundthe purpose of this study was to explore the effect of 10 weeks of yoga intervention on the mental health outcomes (stress, anxiety, and depression), quality of life, emotional regulation, and quality of sleep of medical students.

methodIn the current experimental study, 220 medical students, with a mean age of 21.36 ± 2.20 years, participated in a 10-week yoga intervention at the University of Pécs. Data were collected before and after the intervention using the validated questionnaires DASS-21, WHOQOL-BREF, PSQI, and DERS. The distribution of data was checked using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test. A paired sample T-test was used to compare the mean of the continuous variable. Stepwise linear regression was used to assess the association between mental health outcomes and quality-of-life variables.

resultsThe present study shows a significant reduction in (

conclusionsthe current study shows that yoga significantly improved the mental health and well-being of medical students, improving quality of life, quality of sleep, and emotional regulation. REGISTERED CLINICAL TRIAL: NCT06661603.

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medical studentsmental healthquality of lifequality of sleepwell-beingyoga

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PMID40278740
PMCPMC12031128

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