Yoga as a Complimentary and Alternative Therapy for Premenstrual Syndrome
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Introduction: Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) refers to the emotional and physical symptoms that occur one to two weeks before the start of each menstrual period. Yoga has been proven as an alternative treatment for symptomatic relief in menstruation conditions. The objective of this study is to assess the effect of yoga on urban women with premenstrual syndrome.
Methods: An online two-group pre-post experimental study design was conducted on (N=60) women suffering PMS symptoms from major Indian cities. Females having a history of normal menstrual cycle were included in this study. Women with menstrual disorders, physical and mental illness and female already practicing yoga have been excluded from the study. Informed consent and pre-post PMS scores were procured from all the participants. Yoga interventions were practiced for one hour daily, five days a week for 30 days and the control group followed their routine activities.
Result: The present study reported (21.04%) reduction in total premenstrual syndrome symptoms in the yoga group which was highly significant with (p-value=0.001), whereas in the control group only (1.63%) reduction in premenstrual syndrome symptoms, which was not statistically significant with (p-value=0.335) using Wilcoxon test.
Conclusion: Yoga is an effective practice in reducing premenstrual syndrome.
Keywords: Premenstrual Syndrome; Women health; Psycho-physiological health; Yoga practice; Therapy
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