Effect of Meditation on Psychological and Functional Outcomes in Spinal Cord Injury Patients

Overview

Journal Int J Yoga

Date 2021 Apr 12

PMID 33840975

Citations 6

Authors

Ekta Chalageri

Gayatri Vishwakarma

Randhir Lal Ranjan

Ramajayam Govindaraj

Harvinder Singh Chhabra

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Abstract

Background: Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a debilitating disorder with dysfunction in daily activities and psychological consequences like anxiety as well as depression impacting the quality of life substantially. Existing treatments focus mainly on rehabilitation, symptom reduction, and secondary complications. However, psychological, social, and existential issues are least addressed in the prevailing models.

Aims: To study the role of meditation in addressing psychological impairment and any resultant improvement in functional outcomes in SCI patients.

Methods: Nonrandomized controlled study was conducted in a tertiary care center for SCI patients. Hospital inpatients were recruited into either experimental intervention group (add on easy with conventional rehabilitation-ER = 50) or control intervention group (conventional rehabilitation alone-CR = 50). Patients in the ER group received easy for 1 month, along with conventional rehabilitation and the CR group patients received only conventional rehabilitation. All the subjects were assessed for psychological (perceived stress scale [PSS], Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale [HADS]) and functional impairment (spinal cord independence measure (SCIM), numeric pain rating (NPR) and WHO quality of life-BRIEF (WHOQOLBREF)] at baseline and after 1 month.

Results: After 1 month of add-on easy , there was significant decrease in the scores of HADS (F[1,88] = 272.92, < 0.001), PSS (F[1,88] = 274.41, < 0.001) and NPR (F[1,88] = 60.60, < 0.001) and significant increase in the scores of WHOQOLBREF (F[1,88] = 349.94, < 0.001) and SCIM (F[1,88] = 29.09, < 0.001) in the ER group compared to CR group in analysis of covariance.

Conclusion: One-month add-on easy improves psychological and functional outcomes (HADS, PSS, NPR, WHOQOLBREF and SCIM) in patients with SCI. Future studies with robust designs are needed to validate the results.

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