Sivaramappa B, Deshpande Sudheer, Kumar P Venkata Giri, Nagendra H R
S-VYASA Yoga University, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
VYASA, Eknath Bhavan, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Ann Neurosci. 2019 Jan;26(1):32-36. doi: 10.5214/ans.0972.7531.260107. Epub 2019 Jan 1.
Meditation has shown positive results in improving the psychological disorders such as anxiety. There is a need to study the therapeutic benefits of Anapanasati meditation, a mindfulness meditation technique.
The study aims at investigating the effect of Anapanasati meditation on individuals with moderate anxiety.
A total of 112 participants who were willing to participate in the study were recruited for the study. Anapanasati meditation was used as an intervention. The participants were divided into two groups experiment and control groups. Experiment group had 56 persons performing Anapanasati meditation and Control group had 56 persons not performing any type of meditation. The experiment group practiced one hour of Anapanasati meditation daily under the supervision of experts for six months and continued their daily routine and control group was not given any intervention, but they continued their daily routine. State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) is used to assess the anxiety level.
The STAI score before and after Anapanasati meditation was analysed for both experiment and control groups using Paired Samples T test. The experiment group has shown significant reduction in the STAI (P < 0.05) score after the intervention whereas in the control group the reduction in STAI score was not significant.
This study has shown that after six months of intervention, the subjects with moderate anxiety who practiced Anapanasati meditation had a significant decrease in their STAI score and the control group has not shown significant change in the STAI score.
冥想已显示出在改善焦虑等心理障碍方面的积极效果。有必要研究内观禅修这种正念冥想技巧的治疗益处。
本研究旨在调查内观禅修对中度焦虑个体的影响。
共招募了112名愿意参与该研究的参与者。以内观禅修为干预措施。参与者被分为两组，实验组和对照组。实验组有56人进行内观禅修，对照组有56人不进行任何形式的冥想。实验组在专家监督下每天进行一小时的内观禅修，持续六个月，并继续他们的日常生活，而对照组未接受任何干预，但继续他们的日常生活。使用状态特质焦虑量表（STAI）来评估焦虑水平。
使用配对样本t检验对实验组和对照组内观禅修前后的STAI分数进行分析。干预后，实验组的STAI（P < 0.05）分数显著降低，而对照组的STAI分数降低不显著。
本研究表明，经过六个月的干预，进行内观禅修的中度焦虑受试者的STAI分数显著下降，而对照组的STAI分数未显示出显著变化。
