The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice Dartmouth College, Lebanon, NH, USA.
School of Nursing and Health Professions, Colby-Sawyer College, New London, CT, USA.
Disabil Rehabil. 2020 Aug;42(17):2482-2491. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2018.1563638. Epub 2019 Feb 11.
To explore participants' experiences in a group-based yoga with psychoeducation intervention designed to facilitate community integration for people with traumatic brain injury and their caregivers. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 13 people with traumatic brain injury and three caregivers who had completed LoveYourBrain Yoga, a 6-session, manualized, group-based yoga intervention that incorporates breathing exercises, yoga, meditation, and psychoeducation. Interviews were analyzed using content analysis. We identified seven themes: ease of participation, belonging, sustaining community connection, physical health, self-regulation, self-efficacy, and resilience. All participants valued the community-based yoga studio environment and multifaceted structure of the program. Participants reported improvements in strength, balance, flexibility, and attention control, and a greater sense of belonging, community connection, and ability to move forward with their lives. Participants reported ongoing use of tools (e.g., breathing exercises) to cope with negative emotions and stress. About half of participants sustained relationships built during LoveYourBrain Yoga and felt more capable of accessing other activities in their community. LoveYourBrain Yoga successfully promoted community integration for people with traumatic brain injury. It also facilitated diverse and meaningful physical, psychological, and social health benefits, which suggest that it may be an effective mode of community-based rehabilitation.Implications for rehabilitationTraumatic brain injury survivors often struggle to participate in their community, the ultimate goal of rehabilitationYoga is a holistic therapy with many benefits, yet is not accessible to the traumatic brain injury population at the community levelParticipants in a community-based yoga with psychoeducation intervention in six states experienced diverse and meaningful physical, psychological, and social health benefitsGroup-based yoga with psychoeducation may be an effective mode of community integration and community-based rehabilitation for traumatic brain injury survivors.
探讨参与者在基于小组的瑜伽与心理教育干预中的体验，该干预旨在促进创伤性脑损伤患者及其照顾者的社区融合。我们对 13 名创伤性脑损伤患者和 3 名照顾者进行了半结构化访谈，他们完成了 LoveYourBrain Yoga，这是一个 6 节、手册化、基于小组的瑜伽干预，包括呼吸练习、瑜伽、冥想和心理教育。使用内容分析对访谈进行了分析。我们确定了七个主题：参与的便利性、归属感、维持社区联系、身体健康、自我调节、自我效能和韧性。所有参与者都重视社区瑜伽工作室的环境和项目的多方面结构。参与者报告说，他们的力量、平衡、灵活性和注意力控制得到了改善，归属感、社区联系和向前推进生活的能力也得到了增强。参与者报告说他们一直在使用工具（例如呼吸练习）来应对负面情绪和压力。大约一半的参与者维持了在 LoveYourBrain Yoga 中建立的关系，并感到更有能力参与他们社区中的其他活动。LoveYourBrain Yoga 成功地促进了创伤性脑损伤患者的社区融合。它还促进了多样化和有意义的身体、心理和社会健康益处，这表明它可能是一种有效的社区康复模式。
康复意义创伤性脑损伤幸存者经常难以参与他们的社区，这是康复的最终目标瑜伽是一种具有多种益处的整体疗法，但在社区层面上，创伤性脑损伤人群无法获得这种疗法。
在六个州参加基于小组的瑜伽与心理教育干预的参与者体验到了多样化和有意义的身体、心理和社会健康益处。
基于小组的瑜伽与心理教育干预可能是创伤性脑损伤幸存者社区融合和社区康复的有效模式。
