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| Year : 2018 |
Volume
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A randomized trial comparing effect of yoga and exercises on quality of life in among nursing population with chronic low back pain
Nitin J Patil1, R Nagaratna2, Padmini Tekur3, PV Manohar4, Hemant Bhargav5, Dhanashri Patil1
1 Department of Integrative Medicine, Sri Devaraj Urs Academy of Higher Education and Research, Kolar, Karnataka, India
2 Medical Director, Arogyadhama, S-VYASA Yoga University, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
3 Division of Yoga and Life Sciences, S-VYASA Yoga University, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
4 Department of Orthopedics, Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College, Kolar, Karnataka, India
5 Integrated Centre for Yoga (NICY), NIMHANS, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Correspondence Address:
Nitin J Patil
Department of Integrative Medicine, Sri Devaraj Urs Academy of Higher Education and Research, Kolar - 563 103, Karnataka
India
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DOI: 10.4103/ijoy.IJOY_2_18
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Background: Chronic low back pain (CLBP) adversely affects quality of life (QOL) in nursing professionals. Integrated yoga has a positive impact on CLBP. Studies assessing the effects of yoga on CLBP in nursing population are lacking. Aim: This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of integrated yoga and physical exercises on QOL in nurses with CLBP. Methods: A total of 88 women nurses from a tertiary care hospital of South India were randomized into yoga group (n = 44; age – 31.45 ± 3.47 years) and physical exercise group (n = 44; age – 32.75 ± 3.71 years). Yoga group was intervened with integrated yoga therapy module practices, 1 h/day and 5 days a week for 6 weeks. Physical exercise group practiced a set of physical exercises for the same duration. All participants were assessed at baseline and after 6 weeks with the World Health Organization Quality of Life-brief (WHOQOL-BREF) questionnaire. Results: Data were analyzed by Paired-samples t-test and Independent-samples t-test for within- and between-group comparisons, respectively, using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). Within-group analysis for QOL revealed a significant improvement in physical, psychological, and social domains (except environmental domain) in both groups. Between-group analysis showed a higher percentage of improvement in yoga as compared to exercise group except environmental domain. Conclusions: Integrated yoga was showed improvements in physical, psychological, and social health domains of QOL better than physical exercises among nursing professionals with CLBP. There is a need to incorporate yoga as lifestyle intervention for nursing professionals.
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