Version 1
: Received: 21 May 2022 / Approved: 23 May 2022 / Online: 23 May 2022 (10:07:43 CEST)
Version 2
: Received: 23 May 2022 / Approved: 24 May 2022 / Online: 24 May 2022 (04:49:45 CEST)
How to cite:
B.S., K.C.; Gupta, B.V.; Shivanand, I.; Desai, A.; Bhatt, S.; Tunuguntla, H.S.; Verma, S. Reductions in Anxiety, Depression and Insomnia in Health Care Workers using a non-pharmaceutical intervention. Preprints2022, 2022050291. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202205.0291.v1
B.S., K.C.; Gupta, B.V.; Shivanand, I.; Desai, A.; Bhatt, S.; Tunuguntla, H.S.; Verma, S. Reductions in Anxiety, Depression and Insomnia in Health Care Workers using a non-pharmaceutical intervention. Preprints 2022, 2022050291. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202205.0291.v1
B.S., K.C.; Gupta, B.V.; Shivanand, I.; Desai, A.; Bhatt, S.; Tunuguntla, H.S.; Verma, S. Reductions in Anxiety, Depression and Insomnia in Health Care Workers using a non-pharmaceutical intervention. Preprints2022, 2022050291. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202205.0291.v1
APA Style
B.S., K.C., Gupta, B.V., Shivanand, I., Desai, A., Bhatt, S., Tunuguntla, H.S., & Verma, S. (2022). Reductions in Anxiety, Depression and Insomnia in Health Care Workers using a non-pharmaceutical intervention. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202205.0291.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
B.S., K.C., Hari S. Tunuguntla and Sadhna Verma. 2022 "Reductions in Anxiety, Depression and Insomnia in Health Care Workers using a non-pharmaceutical intervention" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202205.0291.v1
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant medical and psychological challenges worldwide, and, in many cases, not only exceeded the capacity of hospitals and intensive care units (ICUs) but also an individuals’ ability to cope with life. Health-care workers have continued to provide care for patients despite exhaustion, fear of transmission to themselves and their family members, illness or death of friends and colleagues, and the loss of many patients. They have also faced many additional sources of stress and anxiety, and long shifts combined with unprecedented population restrictions, including personal isolation. This study digitally measured the psychological parameters of health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, followed by an app-based yoga of immortal (YOI) intervention. Participants in this study completed validated psychological measures including the Patient Health Questionnaire-8 (PHQ-8), Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD-7) scales. The digital YOI intervention significantly reduced the anxiety, depression symptoms, and insomnia in healthcare workers.
Keywords
Yoga of Immortals (YOI); depression, healthcare workers; insomnia; anxiety; PHQ-8 (Pa-tient Health Questionnaire-8); ISI (Insomnia Severity Index); digital health
Subject
Medicine and Pharmacology, Psychiatry and Mental Health
Copyright:
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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