Yoga and music intervention to reduce depression, anxiety, and stress during COVID-19 outbreak on healthcare workers

Aim: To investigate impact of Yoga and Music Intervention on anxiety, stress, and depression levels of health care workers during the COVID-19 outbreak. Methods: This study was conducted to assess psychological responses of 240 healthcare workers during COVID-19 outbreak. We used Yoga and Music Inte...

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Published in:International journal of social psychiatry 2022-06, Vol.68 (4), p.798-807
Main Authors: Vajpeyee, Manisha, Tiwari, Shivam, Jain, Kavita, Modi, Pamil, Bhandari, Prem, Monga, Guneet, Yadav, Lokendra Bahadur, Bhardwaj, Himani, Shroti, Akhilesh Kumar, Singh, Shivoham, Vajpeyee, Atulabh
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anxiety
Anxiety - epidemiology
Anxiety - prevention & control
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Depression - epidemiology
Depression - prevention & control
Health care
Health Personnel - psychology
Humans
Intervention
Medical personnel
Mental depression
Music
Music Therapy
SARS-CoV-2
Stress
Stress, Psychological - epidemiology
Stress, Psychological - prevention & control
Surveys and Questionnaires
Test scores
Workers
Yoga
Yoga - psychology
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Summary:Aim: To investigate impact of Yoga and Music Intervention on anxiety, stress, and depression levels of health care workers during the COVID-19 outbreak. Methods: This study was conducted to assess psychological responses of 240 healthcare workers during COVID-19 outbreak. We used Yoga and Music Intervention in normal and abnormal subjects based on Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale-42 (DASS-42). Results: Of all 209 participants, 105 (50.23%) had symptoms of depression (35.88%), anxiety (40.19), and stress (34.92%) alone or in combination. The data suggest that there is significant improvement in test scores after intervention. Majority of persons with abnormal score exhibited improved DASS-42 score on combined interventions of Yoga and music compared to control group. Even subjects without abnormalities on DASS-42 score also showed improved DASS-42 scores in intervention (n = 52) group compared to nonintervention (n = 52) group. Conclusions: Our findings highlighted the significance of easily available, simple, inexpensive, safe nonpharmacological interventions like Yoga and Music therapy to overcome stress, anxiety, and depression in present times.
ISSN:0020-7640
1741-2854
DOI:10.1177/00207640211006742