The effects of chanting Ratanattaya Vandana on pulse rate, blood pressure, and spatial abilities in students of Kanchanabhishek Institute of Medical and Public Health Technology
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Chanting, Blood pressure, Spatial abilities, Pulse rateAbstract
This quasi-experimental research design with pre-test and post-test comparison group aimed to determine the effects of chanting in Ratanattaya Vandana (Salutation to the Triple Gem) on pulse rate, blood pressure, and spatial abilities. The subjects were 60 students of Kanchanabhishek Institute of Medical and Public Health Technology, which divided in two groups of chanting and sitting leisurely,
with 30 students in each by matched pair. The research instruments consisted of a video and a book of chanting in Ratanattaya Vandana, Multi-Parameter Patient Monitor Model 700, pulse rate and blood pressure recording forms, and a Deary-Liewald reaction time tester along with its score recording form. Data were analyzed using frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, the dependent sample t-test, and the independent sample t-test. A significance level of 0.05 was determined.
The results, after the experiment found as follows: 1) Ratanattaya Vandana chanting resulted in significant increases in pulse rate, systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), and the spatial abilities in terms of complex response times; 2) Leisure sitting resulted in significant decreases in pulse rate and DBP; 3) There were significant increases in pulse rate, SBP, DBP, and the spatial abilities in terms of complex response times among the chanting group of students, as compared to the leisure
sitting group. Therefore, chanting can be used as an activity to prepare student readiness before learn course content that require students' spatial abilities.
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