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2021
Yoga is a comprehensive discipline which includes physical exercises, postures, breathing techniques, and meditation for the purpose of improving health and well being. The aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of yogic practices in the treatment of chronic psychophysiological insomnia. Forty (40) male patients suffering with varying degrees of insomnia were selected from various parts of Kanpur region were divided into two groups of 20 each, first group was assigned for yoga programme and second group acted as control, and they used to follow their normal daily routine. Criterion measure was number of half hourly sounds noted of a wall clock from 10 pm to 6 am. For measuring how much one slept during the night a special method developed by K.S. Joshi (1991) was used which involves the least disturbance of sleep was introduced. Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) revealed that experimental group had significantly higher (p<0.05) as compared to control group. The findings...
Yoga Nidra: An innovative approach for management of chronic insomnia- A case report
Sleep Science and Practice
Background: Chronic insomnia is a common sleep problem and there is a need to complement the existing treatment options. Yoga nidra practice is documented to be used for sleep by sages. Recently, yoga nidra has been used in patients of menstrual abnormalities, post-traumatic stress disorder, diabetes, anxiety and depression but little is known about its effect on sleep or sleep disorders. Although we find description of yoga nidra in literature, there is no scientific report of its application in sleep disorders. The objective of the study was to develop yoga nidra model in management of chronic insomnia patients. The model was developed using inputs from yoga school trained instructors of yoga nidra. Case presentations: Patient 01: 60 years old widower with complaints of sleep maintenance insomnia since 20 years. He had worry at daytime regarding falling off to sleep which became even worse at bedtime. He had history of benign prostatic hypertrophy and had no history of any medications for sleep or any other disease. Patient 02: 78 years old male self-employed, company owner with complaints of sleep maintenance insomnia since 15 years. He felt quite energetic during the day due to the work requirement but in the evening started feeling anxious about sleep problem which worsened at bedtime. He was on tablet clonazepam 0.25 mg HS off and on since 1 year. After the baseline assessment, yoga nidra intervention was started followed by five supervised sessions after which the patients were instructed to practice yoga nidra daily on their own. Regular fortnightly follow ups were done till 4 weeks of start of yoga nidra intervention. Repeat PSG was offered in case patient volunteered. Sleep diary parameters were analysed using Friedman test and Wilcoxon Signed Ranks test. There was an improvement in sleep quality, insomnia severity, depression anxiety and stress scores after yoga nidra. The improvement remained even after 3 months of start of intervention. Repeat PSG in second patient showed an increase in N3 after 4 weeks of yoga nidra intervention. Conclusion: Yoga nidra can be used as an important adjunct in management of chronic insomnia patients.
The Influence of Sudarshan Kriya Yoga on Sleep Quality in Indian Adults: An Open Trial Pilot Study
Sleep and vigilance, 2021
Purpose Sudarshan Kriya Yoga (SKY) is an advanced yogic breathing technique with a demonstrated impact on human physical and mental health. Even so, very few studies have observed its effect on sleep. This is the first study evaluating the impact of SKY as an intervention on sleep quality among Indian population. This study assessed both the immediate and prolonged effect of SKY on sleep quality. The secondary objective of the study was to evaluate the association between frequency of SKY practice and sleep quality. Methods This was a single arm open-trial study, which included 473 participants. All participants underwent a 3-day SKY workshop offered by the Art of Living, and were assessed for sleep quality using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) questionnaire, administered to the participants before the program (pre-intervention), immediately after the program (postintervention), and at Day 40 (D40) after the program. Responses were grouped according to age, gender, and frequency of practice. The impact of the frequency of SKY practice on sleep quality was also investigated. Results The quality of sleep improved with SKY practice across the study population. Women recorded inferior quality of sleep at the beginning of the study, but experienced a greater improvement in sleep quality after the SKY practice, as compared to men. The younger population seemed to benefit over the long-term, while the older population had an immediate improvement in sleep quality, however, they were not able to sustain it. The effect size varied with the frequency of practice. Sleep quality improved markedly among those who practiced SKY daily, indicating an association between the frequency of SKY practice and its efficiency in improving sleep quality. Conclusion The results demonstrate the efficacy of SKY in improving sleep quality across populations, irrespective of gender or age. This is indicative of the beneficial role of SKY in treating psychological disorders such as insomnia. The effect varies with the frequency of practice, with more frequent practice yielding better quality of sleep.
Efficacy of Sleep Special Technique on Young Healthy Yoga Practitioners
Indian Journal of Sleep Medicine, 2018
Background: Sleep is an indicator of health. Sleep determine many aspects of our life like mood, cognitive functions such as attention and working memory, homeostasis, learning, concentration, etc. Sleep is very essential for the academic progress in college students, whereas most of the sleep-related problems are found in college students worldwide. Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the positive effect of sleep special technique (SST) on sleep quality, stress level and quality of life in young healthy yoga practitioners. Materials and Methods: A total of 120 healthy male yoga practitioners were screened and N = 94 were randomly allocated into two groups, experimental group N = 47, and control group N = 47. Experimental group practiced 1 month of (SST), and the control group had no exposure to SST. Variables Measured: Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI), perceived stress scale (PSS), World Health Organization quality of life-BREF (WHOQOL-BREF), and the vedic personality inventory (VPI) Results: After one month of SST result showed the significant reduction of the global PSQI score (p < 0.001***), perceived stress scale (p < 0.001***), and considerable improvement in all domains of QOL (p < 0.001***), Sattva guna (p < 0.001***) in the experimental group compared to the control group. Conclusion: A one-month course of SST has a significantly positive effect on overall sleep quality, quality of life and perceived stress. The transition towards sattva guna was evident during the course of SST intervention.
Journal of Yoga and Physiotherapy, 2017
Objectives of the study were (1) To determine insomnia rating scale after normal training (not very high intensity or volume) for duration of one month till the competition of female judo players' age ranging from 17 to 23 years (2). To find out the effect of yogic training program on insomnia rating scale just two or three days before the competition of female judo players' age ranging from 17 to 23 years. The study was delimited to sixty female judo players' age ranging from 17 to 23 years. Sleep quality index will be studied using Pittsburgh Insomnia Rating Scale Hindi translation/adaptation i.e. PIRS-Hindi. Keeping in view the purpose of the study, a large number of female judo players were randomly selected (N=60) equally divided into experimental group and control group. The corresponding experimental and control group were homogeneous/matched groups in regard to age and sex. The experimental groups were treated with yogic training programme for 30 to 45 minutes progressively, for six days per week, for six weeks, whereas the control groups were not given any treatment. The selected variables were distress score (DS), sleep parameter (SP), quality of life (QL) and total score (TOT). Conclusions: a. Experimental group and control group were not significantly different in pretest in regard to selected variables of insomnia rating scale hence considered as homogeneous group for experimentation. b. There was negative effect of judo competition on insomnia rating scale (just two or three days) before the judo competition. c. There was significant difference between the experimental group (trained with selected yogic training programme) and control group (not trained with selected yogic training programme) just two or three days before the competition in regard to selected variables of insomnia rating scale. d. There was significant positive effect of yogic training programme on insomnia rating scale just two or three days before the competition of female judo players age ranged from 17 to 23 years.
Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine
Objectives Hectic, late-night lifestyle has reduced 90 min sleep in 20% adults resulting in insomnia and excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS). We assess the scope of Sudarshan Kriya Yoga (SKY), a 4-component, breathing process in reducing EDS, generally and situationally. Methods This is a prospective, controlled study involving randomized subjects without any sleep-wake cycle anomalies and prior experience in SKY. Subjects (n=52) performed 30 min of SKY for 6 days/week for 8 weeks, while controls (n=53) performed sitting activity and Suryanamaskar for 4-weeks each. Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) was used to measure EDS at 0, 4, and 8 weeks. Results SKY group showed significant ESS score improvements between 0–4 weeks and 4–8 weeks of 1.22 (p=0.0001) and 1.66 (p=0.001) respectively. Controls however failed to improve with score differences of 0.02 (p=0.892) and 0.02 (p=0.8212) respectively. SKY group showed significant ESS score improvement over controls at 4-weeks (difference=1.74; p...
Effects of Yogic Intervention on Sleep Quality of Healthy Elderly: A Systematic Review
Universal Journal of Public Health, 2023
Sleep disturbances and poor sleep quality are more common in the elderly, and they are frequently ignored and untreated. As pharmacological treatments are not free from health hazards, nowadays, community-based non-pharmacological treatments are gaining huge acceptance for managing health issues. Yoga is one of the most feasible and cost-effective non-pharmacological means to manage sleep quality. The current systematic review aims at investigating the effects of yoga on the sleep quality of the elderly. So, the review was conducted on the basis of experimental investigations by using key words such as "effect of yoga", "sleep quality", "sleep disorder", "insomnia", and "older adults" published in English across four databases such as Scopus, ScienceDirect, PubMed, and PubMed Central. The risk of bias in selecting the studies was assessed by CASP. Four randomized controlled trials (RCTs), one pre-post study, one cross-sectional study (CS), and one longitudinal study (LS) met the inclusion criteria, with a total of 524 participants aged between 40 and 95 years from three different countries. Six out of seven studies used subjective tools to assess sleep quality, of which five used the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and one used a sleep rating questionnaire, while the remaining one used an objective method to assess sleep quality through polysomnography. All seven studies reported significant improvements in sleep quality in the intervention group. Cohen’s d effect size could be calculated for four studies, ranging from 0.55 to 1.88, whereas for the remaining three studies it could not be calculated because of insufficient data. So, the current review concludes that yoga can improve the sleep quality of the elderly population. Further, it is recommended that yoga can be adopted as a cost effective, community-based, non-pharmacological means to promote sleep quality among the elderly.
Impact of long term Yoga practice on sleep quality and quality of life in the elderly
Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine, 2013
Background: Sleep disturbances and decline in the physical functionality are common conditions associated with aging. Pharmacological treatment of sleep disturbances can be associated with various adverse effects. Short term trials of Yoga on sleep have shown benefi cial effects. Objectives: To evaluate the effect of long-term Yoga exercises on sleep quality and quality of life (QOL) in the elderly. Materials and Methods: This was a cross-sectional study in which data were collected from elderly people aged 60 years or more living in Nagpur city. We employed two types of survey questionnaires: Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI) and QOL Leiden-Padua (LEIPAD) Questionnaire. A total of 65 elderly men and women who signed an informed consent and completed questionnaires were included in the study. Sleep quality score PSQI and QOL (LEIPAD Questionnaire) score of the study group were evaluated and compared with the control group using Mann-Whitney U test. Results: Total PSQI score in Yoga group was lower than that of the control group. Also various QOL scores of the Yoga groups were higher than the control group. Conclusion: Addition of regular Yoga exercises in the daily routine of elderly people can help to achieve good sleep quality as well as improve the QOL.