BACKGROUND:Medical students often experience significant distress early-on in undergraduate training. AIMS: We aimed to demonstrate the impact of a brief structured yoga intervention on medical students. METHOD:Fourteen first-year medical students participated in a 16-week yoga intervention pilot study. Students completed questionnaires at baseline, mid-intervention and end of the study. RESULTS: The students reported improvements in overall health, perceived stress and depressive symptoms following the intervention. CONCLUSIONS: A yoga intervention may be effective in decreasing stress and improving general well-being in medical students.
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BACKGROUND: Medical students often experience significant distress early-on in undergraduate training. AIMS: We aimed to demonstrate the impact of a brief structured yoga intervention on medical students. METHOD: Fourteen first-year medical students participated in a 16-week yoga intervention pilot study. Students completed questionnaires at baseline, mid-intervention and end of the study. RESULTS: The students reported improvements in overall health, perceived stress and depressive symptoms following the intervention. CONCLUSIONS: A yoga intervention may be effective in decreasing stress and improving general well-being in medical students.
Authors: Birinder S Cheema; Angelique Houridis; Lisa Busch; Verena Raschke-Cheema; Geoff W Melville; Paul W Marshall; Dennis Chang; Bianca Machliss; Chris Lonsdale; Julia Bowman; Ben Colagiuri Journal: BMC Complement Altern Med Date: 2013-04-10 Impact factor: 3.659
Authors: Till Johannes Bugaj; Christine Mücksch; Carolin Schmid; Florian Junne; Rebecca Erschens; Wolfgang Herzog; Christoph Nikendei Journal: GMS J Med Educ Date: 2016-02-15