Fogawat Kavita, Keswani Jyoti, Sharma Hemanshu, Tewani Gulab R, Kodali Prakash B, Nair Pradeep M K
Department of Yoga, Sant Hirdaram Medical College of Naturopathy and Yogic Sciences for Women, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Sant Hirdaram Medical College of Naturopathy and Yogic Sciences for women, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
J Educ Health Promot. 2024 Apr 29;13:152. doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_541_23. eCollection 2024.
Due to the physical demands of work, blue-collar workers (BCW) frequently experience fatigue, musculoskeletal pain, and burnout. The purpose of this study was to determine the feasibility and utility of introducing yoga-based loosening exercises (YLE) at the workplace for improving fatigue, musculoskeletal pain, and burnout among BCW.
One hundred and twenty-eight BCW were randomized into a yoga group that received 40 minutes of supervised YLE daily, 5 days a week, for 1 month, followed by 1 month of unsupervised practice at home or a waitlisted control group. The Chalder Fatigue Scale (CFS), Visual Analog Scale for pain, Oldenburg Burnout Inventory (OLBI), sit-and-reach test (SRT), handgrip strength dynamometer, and the Short Form-8 (SF-8) questionnaire were measured at baseline, at the end of the first month, and at follow-up after the first month.
All the participants adhered well to the YLE (≈86% at the workplace, ≈70% at home). Compared to the controls, the yoga group reported significant reductions in fatigue, pain, and burnout and significant improvements in flexibility, strength, and quality of life ( < 0.001) at all the time points.
Our findings demonstrate that workplace yoga programs for BCW are feasible and can considerably reduce fatigue, pain, and burnout and improve their quality of life.
由于工作的体力需求，蓝领工人经常感到疲劳、肌肉骨骼疼痛和职业倦怠。本研究的目的是确定在工作场所引入基于瑜伽的放松练习（YLE）以改善蓝领工人的疲劳、肌肉骨骼疼痛和职业倦怠的可行性和实用性。
128名蓝领工人被随机分为瑜伽组，该组每周5天，每天接受40分钟的监督下的YLE练习，持续1个月，随后在家中进行1个月的非监督练习，或分为等待名单对照组。在基线、第一个月末和第一个月后的随访时，测量Chalder疲劳量表（CFS）、疼痛视觉模拟量表、奥尔登堡职业倦怠量表（OLBI）、坐立前屈测试（SRT）、握力计以及简短健康调查问卷（SF-8）。
所有参与者对YLE的依从性良好（在工作场所约为86%，在家中约为70%）。与对照组相比，瑜伽组在所有时间点的疲劳、疼痛和职业倦怠均显著降低，灵活性、力量和生活质量均显著改善（<0.001）。
我们的研究结果表明，针对蓝领工人的工作场所瑜伽项目是可行的，并且可以显著减轻疲劳、疼痛和职业倦怠，提高他们的生活质量。
