Development and Feasibility Testing of a Brief Yoga Module on Well-being and Cognition of Postgraduate Mental Healthcare Students in Tertiary Settings.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mental health-care students experience stress and burnout during their training period. Yoga has been found to be helpful in improving one's mental health and well-being.

Aim

The aim of this study is to develop and test the feasibility of a brief yoga module for postgraduate mental health-care students.

Methods

Amixed method design was used. Phase 1 involved development and validation of the yoga module using the qualitative exploratory method. Phase II tested the feasibility of the module on a sample of 28 first-year postgraduate students. These students participated in a 15-day (30 min/day) brief yoga module for improving their well-being and cognition (mirror neuron activation [MNA] and tower of London task as assessed on day 0, day 15 (2 weeks), and day

SUBMITTER: Hakkim A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8691445 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature