Yoga-Based Postoperative Cardiac Rehabilitation Program for Improving Quality of Life and Stress Levels: Fifth-Year Follow-up Through a Randomized Controlled Trial

Overview

Journal Int J Yoga

Date 2018 Jan 19

PMID 29343930

Citations 7

Authors

Eraballi Amaravathi

Nagendra Hongasandra Ramarao

Nagarathna Raghuram

Balaram Pradhan

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Abstract

Objectives: This study was aimed to assess the efficacy of yoga-based lifestyle program (YLSP) in improving quality of life (QOL) and stress levels in patients after 5 years of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG).

Methodology: Three hundred patients posted for elective CABG in Narayana Hrudayalaya Super Speciality Hospital, Bengaluru, were randomized into two groups: YLSP and conventional lifestyle program (CLSP), and follow-up was done for 5 years.

Intervention: In YLSP group, all practices of integrative approach of yoga therapy such as and meditation were used as an add-on to conventional cardiac rehabilitation. The control group (CLSP) continued conventional cardiac rehabilitation only.

Outcome Measures: World Health Organization (WHO)-QOL BREF Questionnaire, Perceived Stress Scale, Positive and Negative Affect Scale (PANAS), and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) were assessed before surgery and at the end of the 5 year after CABG. As data were not normally distributed, Mann-Whitney U-test was used for between-group comparisons and Wilcoxon's signed-rank test was used for within-group comparisons.

Results: At the end of 5 years, mental health ( = 0.05), perceived stress ( = 0.01), and negative affect (NA) ( = 0.05) have shown significant improvements. WHO-QOL BREF score has shown improvements in physical health ( = 0.046), environmental health ( = 0.04), perceived stress ( = 0.001), and NA ( = 0.02) in YLSP than CLSP. Positive affect has significantly improved in CLSP than YLSP. Other domains of WHO-QOL-BREF, PANAS, and HADS did not reveal any significant between-group differences.

Conclusion: Addition of long-term YLSP to conventional cardiac rehabilitation brings better improvements in QOL and reduction in stress levels at the end of 5 years after CABG.

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