Meditative practices, stress and sleep among students studying complementary and integrative health: a cross-sectional analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The International Cohort on Lifestyle Determinants of Health (INCLD Health) is an ongoing, prospective cohort study assessing the health behaviours and lifestyles of higher education students, including their use of specialty diets and complementary and integrative health (CIH) practices.

Purpose

This cross-sectional analysis of the INCLD Health cohort aims to (1) evaluate the associations between perceived stress, sleep disturbance, and meditative practices with diurnal salivary free cortisol and (2) evaluate the associations of meditative practices as well as mind-body practices with perceived stress and sleep disturbance.

Methods

Serial multivariable linear regression models, adjusting for sociodemographic and lifestyle behaviours, were used to assess as

SUBMITTER: Sadowski A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9070612 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature