Why the study?
Does a one-month integrated yoga intervention improve anxiety, stress, and heart rate variability in first-year medical students with high anxiety and stress?
Population
60 first-year medical students with high anxiety and stress scores
Comparison
Supervised integrated yoga intervention for one… vs Control group (no yoga intervention)
Design
Other
Follow-up
1 month
Key result
A one-month integrated yoga intervention significantly decreased state anxiety and perceived stress, and shifted heart rate variability towards parasympathetic dominance in medical students.
Authors
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Yoga may ease anxiety and boost HRV in medical students; hypothesis-generating for sustained cardiovascular benefits, needing larger trials.
Does a one-month integrated yoga intervention improve anxiety, stress, and heart rate variability in first-year medical students with high anxiety and stress?
A one-month integrated yoga intervention reduces stress and anxiety while improving heart rate variability towards parasympathetic dominance in medical students.
Sudharkodhy et al. (2018) studied High anxiety and stress (n=60). Integrated yoga intervention vs. Control group was evaluated on Anxiety state, perceived stress, and heart rate variability. A one-month integrated yoga intervention significantly decreased state anxiety and perceived stress, and shifted heart rate variability towards parasympathetic dominance in medical students.
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