Pattnaik Samarjeet J, Prasad Raj Kishore, Pani Pooja, Kumar Swatantra
Department of Periodontics, Hi Tech Dental College and Hospital, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
Department of Psychiatry, Nalanda Medical College, Patna, Bihar, India.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2020 Aug 25;9(8):4200-4204. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_612_20. eCollection 2020 Aug.
Oral cancer has been ranked as the sixth most common cancer globally. It has been reported to be increasing in incidence especially, in the southern parts of Asia which chiefly includes, India. Diagnosis of oral cancer is followed by a vigorous and highly morbid treatment protocol which drastically impacts the patient's quality of life. This in turn can cause extreme stress in a person. This study aimed to assess the impact of the practice of Yoga on stress levels in cancer patients.
A total of 200 subjects diagnosed with oral cancer were selected for this study. Their stress levels were scored both before and after initiating the practice of Yogic exercises in a one-month interval using a questionnaire. Obtained scores were entered in Microsoft Excel 2007 worksheet and an unpaired -test was applied. values of less than 0.05 and 0.001 were considered statistically significant and extremely significant, respectively.
Study results showed a reduction in stress level scores (48 ± 0.99 to 37 ± 5.2) after adopting yoga for one month. An extremely significant value of less than 0.001 was obtained.
It can be concluded from this study that yoga is an effective method in reducing stress levels in individuals diagnosed with oral cancer.
口腔癌已成为全球第六大常见癌症。据报道，其发病率尤其在亚洲南部地区呈上升趋势，该地区主要包括印度。口腔癌确诊后会采用积极且高致残性的治疗方案，这会严重影响患者的生活质量，进而给患者带来极大压力。本研究旨在评估瑜伽练习对癌症患者压力水平的影响。
本研究共选取200名被诊断为口腔癌的受试者。在开始瑜伽练习前后，间隔一个月使用问卷对他们的压力水平进行评分。将获得的分数录入Microsoft Excel 2007工作表，并应用非配对t检验。p值小于0.05和0.001分别被认为具有统计学意义和极其显著意义。
研究结果显示，在进行一个月的瑜伽练习后，压力水平得分从（48±0.99）降至（37±5.2）。获得了一个小于0.001的极其显著的p值。
从本研究可以得出结论，瑜伽是降低口腔癌确诊患者压力水平的有效方法。
