A STUDY OF SHORT TERM EFFECT OF YOGA, PRANAYAMA AND DHYANA ON ANXIETY SCORE AMONG MEDICAL STUDENTS

Medical student is in a new state of challenging and stressful environment. Beyond certain levels, however, continuous exposure to stress may negatively impact their physical and mental health. Yoga is an ancient science and art of exercise, associated with a set of practices which are made to promote the health and well-being through the integration of the body, breath, and the mind and at spiritual level yoga creates happiness and peace with oneself. The following study was conducted in1st MBBS students of ACSR Government medical college to study the effects of short term yoga on anxiety score. Feedback in the form of proformawas takenfrom thestudents to know their attitude towards yoga and how it had been benefited them.60 students of First MBBS with in the age group of 17-19 yrs were voluntarily participated in this study. The students recruited for the study underwentthe following program for 1 hour, daily for 8weeks. The sessions included Yogasanas 40 min , Pranayama 15 min andDhyana 10 min. Data were collected using sociodemographic status that includes name, age, religion, level of education, address and two self reportedquestionnaires.Anxiety and stress were measured using Spielberger State‑Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) and Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) questionnaires, respectively. The mean PSS scores and STAI of the participants after intervention was reduced and were are statistically significant.