The Effect of Basic Yoga and Meditation Techniques on Midwifery Students' Anxiety and Perceived Stress Levels
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 66
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Stress Perception
研究概览
简要总结
Purpose of the research; To determine the effect of basic yoga techniques and meditation intervention on midwifery students' anxiety and perceived stress levels.
Yoga is alternative mind-body exercises that aim to establish a connection between the brain and body. Derived from the Sankiritic term "yuj", yoga means to integrate. Yoga techniques focus on self-awareness and require careful coordination of body movements/postures (asanas), deep breathing (pranayama) and meditation. Yoga can be used as a complementary and alternative method for various diseases or improving well-being. Yoga is becoming increasingly important in improving mental health. In this planned study, we aim to manage the anxiety and perceived stress that students studying in the field of health mostly suffer from with yoga techniques.
After the sociodemographic data of the volunteer participants who agree to take part in the research are identified and recorded in the first stage, the screening phase, according to the power analysis, the minimum number of participants determined will be assigned to the experimental and control groups by randomization. In the second stage of the research, the experimental group; Yoga techniques and meditation practices (once a week for 8 weeks) will be performed at times when anxiety and stress are most intense (before exams, laboratory and hospital applications). Students in the control group will continue their routine coping habits with anxiety and stress. Students will complete pre- and post-intervention surveys to assess changes in anxiety and perceived stress. The anxiety and stress levels of students in both groups will be determined by applying the "Beck Anxiety Inventory" and the "Perceived Stress Scale" before and after the intervention. The data obtained after the interventions will be compared with appropriate statistical analysis and converted into a report.
The proposed research aims to provide scientific research skills and experience to the 2nd year students of Atatürk University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Midwifery, who are involved in the project. In addition, it is expected that the proposed project will show how it affects the anxiety and perceived stress levels of midwifery students in the international media and literature and emphasize its positive effects on the management of the well-being of these individuals.
详细描述
Introduction Derived from the Sanskrit word "yuj", yoga means integrated awareness of mind and body. Yoga techniques are popular practices that include the coordination of different posture techniques, deep breathing practices and meditation (Sarbacker and Kimple, 2015). Since yoga is a mental exercise that slows down brain waves, it can help eliminate negative emotions and ensure awareness and cognitive balance (Desai et al., 2015). It has been understood that controlling perceived stress not only reduces mood disorders, but also provides better sensorimotor performance and hand grip endurance (Bajunaid et al., 2015). Midwifery is a discipline in which theory and practice are carried out in an integrated manner, and it requires the completion of difficult, complex graduation criteria regarding the prenatal, intraparum and postpartum processes (Aydın Kartal and Yazıcı, 2017; Nehir and Güngör Tavşanlı, 2021). In general, in studies conducted on midwifery students, it is observed that stress and anxiety are inevitably high (Aydın Kartal and Yazıcı, 2017; Nehir and Güngör Tavşanlı, 2021). Since today's midwifery students will be the expert midwives of the future, the physical and mental health of midwifery students can increase the welfare of society. In this context, teaching midwifery students to connect with their body and mind may increase psychological well-being.
According to the results of a limited number of studies, yoga exercises provided positive effects on medical/health education students suffering from intense stress and anxiety (Erogul et al., 2014; Fares and Fares, 2016). The limited number of studies conducted in the field of health education on the effects of yoga and meditation focused on students of medicine, pharmacy and nursing departments (Lemay et al., 2019; Ciezar-Andersen et al., 2021). On the other hand, despite the popularity of yoga in studies mostly in western societies (Shohani et al., 2018), to our knowledge, how it prevents mood disorders in the field of midwifery has not been studied. Studies on the effects of yoga are limited in Turkey.
Method The total screening of the project will be carried out in 2 stages. In the first stage, students' anxiety and stress levels will be screened. After the screening study, students' demographic characteristics, general anxiety and perceived stress levels will be measured. According to the data obtained from the scanning study, the numbered forms will be put in order and the data obtained will be recorded in the IBM SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) Statistic 21 package program. According to the data obtained as a result of the screening study, participants (72 students) who will be sampled according to their anxiety and perceived stress levels will be assigned to the yoga techniques and control group. A randomization program (www.randomize.org) will be used to assign groups.
Students assigned to groups through randomization will be contacted via their contact numbers and will be informed about the research and which group they will be in. Appointments will be made with students assigned to study groups, and yoga/meditation techniques will begin in a suitable room at the faculty. Meetings will be arranged with the yoga and control groups determined during the selection phase, after the lesson hours of each class. Two separate WhatsApp groups will be created: control and yoga groups. The responsible researcher has an international yoga training certificate.
Yoga and meditation practices (8 weeks, once a week, 60 minutes):
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 25 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- Female
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Have the skills and competence to do Vinyasa yoga exercises,
- •Having no obstacle to exercise,
- •Does not have any chronic disease,
- •Students who have not received yoga training before and are not pregnant.
- •Those who do not have any symptoms that may be related to breathing or heart rhythm,
- •Having no orthopedic and/or neurological sequelae that prevent exercise,
- •Volunteer and willing participants will be included.
排除标准
- •Those whose vital and health conditions are unstable
- •Disability
- •Those who have a diagnosed psychological disease and are using active medication
- •Students with harmful habits such as smoking and alcohol will not be included in the scope of the research.
- •Students who are not willing to participate in the research, fill out the research forms incompletely, and have communication problems will be excluded from the scope of the research.
- •Students who do not want to continue the research will be excluded from the research.
结局指标
主要结局
Stress Perception
时间窗: 12 months
The effect of yoga and meditation on stress perception
Anxiety
时间窗: 12 months
The effect of yoga and meditation on anxiety
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Funda Citil Canbay
Association Professor
Ataturk University