Effects of yoga on anxiety and depression for high risk mothers on hospital bedrest
Autor: | Daria Kring, Angela Gallagher, Tracey Whitley |
---|---|
Rok vydání: | 2020 |
Předmět: |
Adult
medicine.medical_specialty Hospital setting Anxiety Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale law.invention Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Reducing anxiety Randomized controlled trial Pregnancy law Intervention (counseling) medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Depression (differential diagnoses) Depression business.industry Yoga humanities Expectant mothers Complementary and alternative medicine Physical therapy Female medicine.symptom business human activities Bed Rest 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
Zdroj: | Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice. 38:101079 |
ISSN: | 1744-3881 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.ctcp.2019.101079 |
Popis: | Background and purpose: In recent years, yoga practitioners have joined forces with medical programs to approach patients’ well-being holistically. This study is a randomized controlled trial to assess the effects of a specialized adapted yoga program on anxiety and depression for high-risk expectant mothers on bedrest in a hospital setting. Materials and methods Seventy-nine pregnant subjects on physician ordered hospitalized bedrest were randomized into two groups: receiving biweekly yoga sessions (intervention group) or receiving no yoga (control group). Data collection tool was the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) to assess outcomes after delivery. Results Yoga, even as little as three sessions, showed significant impact in reducing anxiety and depression high-risk pregnant women on hospitalized bedrest. Perceived anxiety and depression overall scores were lower in the intervention group than in the control group (p Conclusion Results demonstrated that yoga is an effective intervention to decrease anxiety and depression in high-risk antepartum women on hospitalized bedrest. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
Externí odkaz: |