Research Scholar, National Resource Centre for Value Education in Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India.
National Resource Centre for Value Education in Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India.
Int J Yoga Therap. 2022 Jan 1;32(2022). doi: 10.17761/2022-D-22-00013.
The spread of COVID-19 has resulted in reports of increase in stress, anxiety, and depression across society, especially in people who have tested positive for COVID-19, which affects their mental health and well-being. This article reports a quasi-randomized controlled study conducted in the COVID wards of a hospital to examine the efficacy of add-on yoga intervention in reducing stress, anxiety, and depression in COVID-affected patients under quarantine. The peripheral capillary oxygen saturation level and heart rate of the COVID-19-affected patients were also measured. A total of 62 COVID-19-positive patients participated in the study. The participants were randomized into a control group (n = 31), which received conventional medical treatment alone, and a yoga intervention group (n = 31), which received 50 minutes of yoga intervention along with the conventional medical treatment. Standardized Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 Item, Patient Health Questionnaire-9, and Perceived Stress Scale were administered at the beginning and end of the quarantine period. A significant decrease in stress, anxiety, and depression was observed in the patients who undertook the add-on yoga intervention. There was also a significant decrease in anxiety in the control group, but the intervention group had a larger decrease compared to the control group. Further significant improvements in oxygen saturation and heart rate levels were observed in the group of patients who were practicing yoga, but no significant improvement was observed in the control group. Findings of this study suggest that yoga intervention can be an effective add-on practice in reducing stress, anxiety, and depression levels of COVID-19 patients.
COVID-19 的传播导致社会各界报告压力、焦虑和抑郁增加，尤其是 COVID-19 检测呈阳性的人群，这影响了他们的心理健康和幸福感。本文报告了一项在医院 COVID 病房进行的准随机对照研究，以检验附加瑜伽干预在减轻隔离 COVID 患者的压力、焦虑和抑郁方面的疗效。还测量了 COVID-19 患者的外周毛细血管血氧饱和度和心率。共有 62 名 COVID-19 阳性患者参加了这项研究。参与者被随机分为对照组（n = 31），仅接受常规医疗治疗；瑜伽干预组（n = 31），除常规医疗外还接受 50 分钟的瑜伽干预。在隔离期开始和结束时使用标准化医院焦虑和抑郁量表、广泛性焦虑障碍 7 项量表、患者健康问卷 9 项和感知压力量表进行评估。接受附加瑜伽干预的患者的压力、焦虑和抑郁显著下降。对照组的焦虑也显著下降，但与对照组相比，干预组的下降幅度更大。练习瑜伽的患者的血氧饱和度和心率水平也显著改善，但对照组没有显著改善。这项研究的结果表明，瑜伽干预可以作为一种有效的附加实践，降低 COVID-19 患者的压力、焦虑和抑郁水平。
