Tailored individual Yoga practice improves sleep quality, fatigue, anxiety, and depression in chronic insomnia disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chronic insomnia disorder (CI) is a prevalent sleep disorder that can lead to disturbed daytime functioning and is closely associated with anxiety and depression. First-choice treatment is cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT-I). Other mind-body interventions, such as Tai-chi and Yoga, have demonstrated subjective improvements in sleep quality. The purpose of this study was to assess the efficacy of Yoga for improvement of subjective and objective sleep quality as well as measures of anxiety, depression, sleepiness, and fatigue in patients with CI.

Methods

Adults with CI were prospectively included in this single group pre-post study. Baseline assessments included home polysomnography (PSG), 7-day actigraphy, and questionnaires (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index questio

SUBMITTER: Turmel D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9012014 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature