EFFECTIVENESS OF YOGA THERAPY ON SELF PERCEPTION OF HEALTH AMONG THE INPATIENTS WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA

Schizophrenia is among the most severe psychiatric disorders. Yoga as an adjuvant therapy has shown improvement in self awareness, stress reduction, creation of energy and also as a best complementary treatment for schizophrenia. Assessment of self perception of health indicates beneficial impact in...

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Main Author: N. V. Asha Vijayan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-07-01
Series:Indian Journal of Psychiatric Nursing
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Online Access:https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/2231-1505.262415
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description Schizophrenia is among the most severe psychiatric disorders. Yoga as an adjuvant therapy has shown improvement in self awareness, stress reduction, creation of energy and also as a best complementary treatment for schizophrenia. Assessment of self perception of health indicates beneficial impact in improving positive and negative symptoms and enhancing health-related quality of life of patient with schizophrenia. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of yoga on self perception of health in patients with schizophrenia. Patients with schizophrenia were randomly allotted to either Yoga with conventional care (Y) (n=25) or conventional care (Cc) (n=25) groups. Those in the yoga group were taught a specific yoga module with asanas and pranayama. Pre and post assessment done with visual analogous scale (VAS) and patient health questionnaire (PHQ). Result shown that improved self perception of health in both groups but statistically improved in yoga group (Y) group than the conventional care (CC) VAS score have statistically significant improvement (p<0.001) and PHQ score shows statistically significant improvement in yoga with conventional care groups.
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spelling doaj-art-3dd2a8b566c14f49a4f4729495773ee22025-08-20T02:46:25ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Psychiatric Nursing2231-15052017-07-01141171910.4103/2231-1505.262415EFFECTIVENESS OF YOGA THERAPY ON SELF PERCEPTION OF HEALTH AMONG THE INPATIENTS WITH SCHIZOPHRENIAN. V. Asha VijayanSchizophrenia is among the most severe psychiatric disorders. Yoga as an adjuvant therapy has shown improvement in self awareness, stress reduction, creation of energy and also as a best complementary treatment for schizophrenia. Assessment of self perception of health indicates beneficial impact in improving positive and negative symptoms and enhancing health-related quality of life of patient with schizophrenia. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of yoga on self perception of health in patients with schizophrenia. Patients with schizophrenia were randomly allotted to either Yoga with conventional care (Y) (n=25) or conventional care (Cc) (n=25) groups. Those in the yoga group were taught a specific yoga module with asanas and pranayama. Pre and post assessment done with visual analogous scale (VAS) and patient health questionnaire (PHQ). Result shown that improved self perception of health in both groups but statistically improved in yoga group (Y) group than the conventional care (CC) VAS score have statistically significant improvement (p<0.001) and PHQ score shows statistically significant improvement in yoga with conventional care groups.https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/2231-1505.262415schizophreniayogaself perception of health
spellingShingle N. V. Asha Vijayan
EFFECTIVENESS OF YOGA THERAPY ON SELF PERCEPTION OF HEALTH AMONG THE INPATIENTS WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA
Indian Journal of Psychiatric Nursing
schizophrenia
yoga
self perception of health
title EFFECTIVENESS OF YOGA THERAPY ON SELF PERCEPTION OF HEALTH AMONG THE INPATIENTS WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA
title_full EFFECTIVENESS OF YOGA THERAPY ON SELF PERCEPTION OF HEALTH AMONG THE INPATIENTS WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA
title_fullStr EFFECTIVENESS OF YOGA THERAPY ON SELF PERCEPTION OF HEALTH AMONG THE INPATIENTS WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA
title_full_unstemmed EFFECTIVENESS OF YOGA THERAPY ON SELF PERCEPTION OF HEALTH AMONG THE INPATIENTS WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA
title_short EFFECTIVENESS OF YOGA THERAPY ON SELF PERCEPTION OF HEALTH AMONG THE INPATIENTS WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA
title_sort effectiveness of yoga therapy on self perception of health among the inpatients with schizophrenia
topic schizophrenia
yoga
self perception of health
url https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/2231-1505.262415
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