Effect Of Integrated Yoga In Professionals With Chronic Low Back Pain

Chronic Low back pain (CLBP) adversely affects health-related quality of life in nursing

professionals. Yoga has positive impact on LBP. Studies assessing the effects of Yoga on

CLBP in nursing population are lacking.

Aim:

Present study is conducted to evaluate and compare the effect of integrated Yoga and

physical exercises on pain, disability, psychological parameters and quality of life in

nurses with CLBP.

Methods:

It is a prospective randomized control trail.88 female nursing professionals of age

33.77 3.44 years from a tertiary care hospital of South India were randomized in to yoga

group (YG) (n=44; 31.45 3.47 years) and control [exercise] group (CG) (n=44; 32.75

3.71). YG was intervened with Integrated Yoga Therapy Module (IYTM) practices, one

hour per day, five days week for six weeks. CG practiced a set of physical exercises for the

same duration. All subjects were assessed using Numerical Rating Scale (NRS) for pain,

Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire (RMDQ) for functional disability, Fear Avoidance

Belief Questionnaire- physical (FABQpa), Fear Avoidance Belief Questionnaire - work

(FABQw), State and Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), Beck's Depression Inventory (BDI),

and Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), Heart Rate Variability (HRV) [low frequency (LF), high

frequency (HF), LF/HF ratio] and WHO quality of life questionnaire (WHOQOL-BREF)

at baseline and end of six week intervention. Data were analyzed by paired samples t test

and independent samples t test for within group and between group comparisons

respectively by using SPSS version 22.