The Effect of Yoga on Mindfulness and Perceived Stress Level in Nursing Students
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Stress
- Sponsor
- Izmir Democracy University
- Enrollment
- 56
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Mindful Attention Awareness Scale
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- last year
Overview
Brief Summary
This study aimed to examine the effect of yoga on mindfulness and perceived stress levels in nursing students. A randomized controlled study was conducted in a nursing department in western Turkey between September 2019 and January 2020. The required institutional permission and ethics committee approval was received. The study participants were 56 nursing students with (intervention group (n:29), control group (n:27). The intervention group received the yoga program for 15 weeks delivered once a week. The control group did not practice yoga.
Detailed Description
This study aimed to examine the effect of yoga on mindfulness and perceived stress levels in nursing students in a parallel-group pretest-posttest randomized controlled study design. The required institutional permission and ethics committee approval was received. The study was conducted in a nursing department in western Turkey between September 2019 and January 2020. The study consisted of 56 nursing students with (intervention group (n:29), control group (n:27). The intervention group received the yoga program for 15 weeks delivered once a week face to face. The control group did not practice yoga. The data were collected using "Personnel data form", "Mindful Attention Awareness Scale", "Perceived Stress Scale". The data were collected from the students using the online survey. For data analysis, descriptive statistics, paired sample t test, independent t, Pearson chi-square test were used. At the end of the study, the same yoga session was held with the students in the control group.
Investigators
Özüm Erkin
Associate Professor
Izmir Democracy University
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •being a first-year class nursing student
- •older than 18 ages
- •volunteering to participate
- •giving consent
Exclusion Criteria
- •with a disability to practice yoga, hearing, and visual impairment
- •unwillingness to continue participating in the study and school absenteeism
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Mindful Attention Awareness Scale
Time Frame: 15 weeks
The scale consists of fifteen items and consists of one dimension. The 6-point Likert-type scale has a rating scale of "1=almost always, 2=most of the time, 3=sometimes, 4=rarely, 5=very rarely, 6=almost never". While this scale provides a single total score, high scores indicate high levels of mindfulness
Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)
Time Frame: 15 weeks
The PSS, which consists of a total of 10 items, was developed to measure the extent to which certain situations in a person's life are perceived as stressful. Participants rated each item on a 5-point Likert-type scale ranging from "Never (0)" to "Very often (4)". While The scores of the PSS-10 range from 0 to 40 and from 0 to 16. A high score indicates an increased perception of stress