Feasibility, acceptability and evaluation of meditation to augment yoga practice among persons diagnosed with schizophrenia.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To design a meditation protocol and test its feasibility, acceptability and efficacy in conjunction with yoga training (YT) for persons with schizophrenia (SZ).

Methods

The meditation protocol consisted of Anapana (observing normal respiration) and Yoga Nidra (supine, restful awareness). In a single-blind randomised controlled trial, medicated and clinically stable outpatients diagnosed with SZ were randomised to receive treatment as usual (TAU), TAU augmented with YT or TAU augmented with meditation and yoga training (MYT) for 3 weeks (N = 145). Acceptability, clinical, social and cognitive functions were assessed after 3-week and 3-month post-randomisation using within-group and between-group analyses with repeated measures multivariate tests.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Bhatia T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10174753 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature