Saxena Rahul, Gupta Manish, Shankar Nilima, Jain Sandhya, Saxena Arushi
Department of Physiology, Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, University College of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, University College of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Int J Yoga. 2017 Jan-Apr;10(1):9-15. doi: 10.4103/0973-6131.186155.
Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) is a common condition of women of the reproductive age group. It has a negative impact on a woman's personal health and quality of life (QOL). Practicing yoga has shown numerous benefits in various chronic painful conditions.
To study the effects of yogic intervention on pain scores and quality of life in females of reproductive age group with CPP, on conventional therapy.
It is a follow-up, randomized case-control study done in a tertiary care hospital.
Sixty female patients of CPP in the age group of 18-45 years were randomly divided into Group I ( = 30) and Group II ( = 30). Group I received only conventional therapy in the form of NSAIDS and Group II received yoga therapy in the form of asanas, pranayama, and relaxation along with the conventional therapy for 8 weeks. They were assessed twice (pre- and post-treatment) for pain scores through visual analog scale (VAS) score and QOL by the World Health Organization quality of life-BREF (WHOQOL-BREF) questionnaire.
Repeated measure ANOVA followed by Tukey's test. < 0.05 was considered significant.
After 8 weeks of yogic intervention, Group II patients showed a significant decrease in intensity of pain seen by a decrease in VAS score ( < 0.001) and improvement in the quality of life with a significant increase ( < 0.001) in physical, psychological, social, and environmental domain scores of WHOQOL-BREF.
The practice of yoga causes a reduction in the pain intensity and improves the quality of life in patients with chronic pelvic pain.
慢性盆腔疼痛（CPP）是育龄期女性的常见病症。它对女性的个人健康和生活质量（QOL）有负面影响。实践表明，瑜伽对各种慢性疼痛病症有诸多益处。
研究瑜伽干预对接受常规治疗的育龄期慢性盆腔疼痛女性的疼痛评分和生活质量的影响。
这是一项在三级护理医院进行的随访、随机病例对照研究。
60名年龄在18 - 45岁的慢性盆腔疼痛女性患者被随机分为第一组（n = 30）和第二组（n = 30）。第一组仅接受非甾体抗炎药形式的常规治疗，第二组除接受常规治疗外，还接受体式、呼吸控制法和放松形式的瑜伽治疗，为期8周。通过视觉模拟量表（VAS）评分对她们进行两次（治疗前和治疗后）疼痛评分评估，并通过世界卫生组织生活质量简表（WHOQOL - BREF）问卷评估生活质量。
重复测量方差分析，随后进行Tukey检验。P < 0.05被认为具有统计学意义。
经过8周的瑜伽干预，第二组患者的疼痛强度显著降低，表现为VAS评分下降（P < 0.001），生活质量得到改善，WHOQOL - BREF的身体、心理、社会和环境领域得分显著提高（P < 0.001）。
瑜伽练习可减轻慢性盆腔疼痛患者的疼痛强度并改善其生活质量。
