Assess the effectiveness of yoga on stress of elderly persons at selected old age homes in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.

M. YAGA JEYANTHI

Volume : VII, Issue : VIII, August - 2017

Assess the effectiveness of yoga on stress of elderly persons at selected old age homes in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.

M. Yaga Jeyanthi

Abstract :

Stress is a very important factor in modern civilization as it has become part of our life. Today as life expectancy is increased, there is need for us to rethink about the case of elderly people. The objectives of the study were to determine the effectiveness of yoga on stress among elderly persons between control and experimental group and to associate the level of stress among elderly persons in control and experimental group with selected demographic variables. Quasi experimental, non equivalent control group pre–test post–test design used on 60 elderly persons – 30 control and 30 experimental group residing at selected old age homes in Coimbatore. Stress level was assessed through modified stress questionnaire. There was a significant reduction of stress level among experimental group. This is proved by with standard deviation (4.27) and ‘t’ test value 59.02 (p<0.01) It shows that the yoga is more effective in reducing stress of elderly persons.