TY  - JOUR
AU  - Ramaprasad, Sudha
AU  - Snigdha, Atmakur
AU  - Manjunath, Nandi Krishnamurthy
AU  - Majumdar, Vijaya
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/03/03
TI  - Comparative Study on Mental Health Parameters among Yoga and Non-Yoga Practitioners in Older Adults Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic
JO  - OBM Geriatrics
SP  - 302
VL  - 09
IS  - 01
AB  - The COVID-19 pandemic has increased stress and disrupted routines affecting the psycho-social health of older adults, a vulnerable section of the population. Yogic practices have shown the potential to reduce stress, inflammation, and psychological health among other benefits. Hence, we explored the benefits of regular yoga practice on specific key mental health attributes in older adults amidst the pandemic. Using a case-control design, older adults (n = 54) who had been regularly practising yoga for the past six months with Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana were compared in an online survey conducted with age- and gender-matched controls who self-reported themselves as non-practitioners of yoga (n = 52). The participation was voluntary, and the participants were telephonically interviewed for resilience, depression, and perceived stress. Relative to non-practitioners, active yoga practitioners exhibited significantly higher scores of resilience (adjusted mean difference (AMD), 0.19 (95% CI, 0.09 to 0.37); p 
SN  - 2638-1311
UR  - https://doi.org/10.21926/obm.geriatr.2501302
DO  - 10.21926/obm.geriatr.2501302
ID  - Ramaprasad2025
ER  -