Mishra Amit S, Sk Rajesh, Hs Vadiraja, Nagarathna Raghuram, Anand Akshay, Bhutani Himshikha, Sivapuram Madhava Sai, Singh Amit, Nagendra Hongasandra Ramarao
Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana, Bengaluru 560019, India.
Neuroscience Research Lab, Department of Neurology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India.
Medicines (Basel). 2020 Feb 5;7(2):8. doi: 10.3390/medicines7020008.
To examine the knowledge, attitudes, and practice gap of yoga across India based on implicit perceptions. The present study is a nationwide door-to-door survey conducted using a questionnaire/screening form. The data were collected from a national survey conducted under the (NMB) program initiated by The Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha, Homeopathy (AYUSH), Government of India, from all major zones of the country. A total of 162,330 participants who joined the NMB program were recruited in our study. Out of the total respondents to the survey, it was observed that 11.8% [13,336/112,735] practice yoga, which was highest in the north zone [4,567/112,735] and lowest in the east zone [971/112,735]. Out of 101,643 respondents, 94,135 of the individuals who participated in the survey believed that yoga improved their lifestyle, and 90,102/98,518 believed that yoga prevented diabetes, revealing a huge knowledge-practice gap. The scale of the knowledge-practice gap coupled with the general acceptability of yoga calls for a change in the conventional healthcare provisions by its integration with modern medicine. The population-wide positive perceptions about yoga as a preventive health tool can not only catalyze consensus disease-specific yoga modules but also bridge the knowledge-practice gap that exists because of limited yoga centers and professionals.
基于隐性认知来考察印度各地对瑜伽的知识、态度和实践差距。本研究是一项使用问卷/筛查表进行的全国性挨家挨户调查。数据收集自印度政府阿育吠陀、瑜伽、尤那尼、悉达、顺势疗法部（AYUSH）发起的（NMB）项目在全国范围内开展的一项调查，涵盖该国所有主要地区。我们的研究招募了总共162330名参与NMB项目的参与者。在调查的所有受访者中，观察到11.8%[13336/112735]的人练习瑜伽，其中北部地区比例最高[4567/112735]，东部地区最低[971/112735]。在101643名受访者中，参与调查的94135人认为瑜伽改善了他们的生活方式，90102/98518人认为瑜伽可预防糖尿病，这显示出巨大的知识与实践差距。知识与实践差距的规模以及瑜伽的普遍可接受性要求通过将其与现代医学相结合来改变传统的医疗保健服务。全人群对瑜伽作为一种预防性健康工具的积极认知不仅可以促成针对特定疾病的瑜伽模块达成共识，还能弥合由于瑜伽中心和专业人员有限而存在的知识与实践差距。
