Volume : IX, Issue : VIII, August - 2019

EFFICACY OF YOGASANA AS AN ADD ON INTERVENTION IN NEGATIVE SYMPTOMS AND CARE GIVEN BURDEN IN SCHIZOPHRENIA

Jassar A. J, Sivasubramony. K

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Schizophrenia is a disorder characterized by disorder in thought, perception, cognition and mood. Patients with Schizophrenia experience a wide range of symptoms. Neuroleptics reduce the positive symptoms and disorganization but are not very effective in negative symptoms and cognitive symptoms. The present study is an effort to assess the efficacy of yoga on negative symptoms and its secondary effects on caregiver burden. A randomized controlled trial was done at a tertiary care centre with consenting patients randomized into yoga group and waitlist group. Patients in yoga group were trained in yoga for a period of 3 months. Patients and caregivers were assessed using PANSS and Burden Assessment Schedule (BAS) respectively before and after the intervention. Statistically significant differences were noted in yoga group in total PANSS Scores, Negative Symptom Scores, general psychopathology scores and BAS Scores. Yoga therapy can be considered as a complementary therapy in patients with prominent negative symptoms and can also promise secondary benefits in caregivers.

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EFFICACY OF YOGASANA AS AN ADD ON INTERVENTION IN NEGATIVE SYMPTOMS AND CARE GIVEN BURDEN IN SCHIZOPHRENIA, JASSAR A. J, SIVASUBRAMONY.K INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-8 | August-2019

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