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. 2017 Jan-Apr;10(1):9-15.
doi: 10.4103/0973-6131.186155.

Effects of yogic intervention on pain scores and quality of life in females with chronic pelvic pain

Rahul Saxena  1 , Manish Gupta  1 , Nilima Shankar  1 , Sandhya Jain  2 , Arushi Saxena  2
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Effects of yogic intervention on pain scores and quality of life in females with chronic pelvic pain

Rahul Saxena et al. Int J Yoga. 2017 Jan-Apr.

Abstract

Context: Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) is a common condition of women of the reproductive age group. It has a negative impact on a woman's personal health and quality of life (QOL). Practicing yoga has shown numerous benefits in various chronic painful conditions.

Aim: To study the effects of yogic intervention on pain scores and quality of life in females of reproductive age group with CPP, on conventional therapy.

Settings and design: It is a follow-up, randomized case-control study done in a tertiary care hospital.

Subjects and methods: Sixty female patients of CPP in the age group of 18-45 years were randomly divided into Group I (n = 30) and Group II (n = 30). Group I received only conventional therapy in the form of NSAIDS and Group II received yoga therapy in the form of asanas, pranayama, and relaxation along with the conventional therapy for 8 weeks. They were assessed twice (pre- and post-treatment) for pain scores through visual analog scale (VAS) score and QOL by the World Health Organization quality of life-BREF (WHOQOL-BREF) questionnaire.

Statistical analysis used: Repeated measure ANOVA followed by Tukey's test. P < 0.05 was considered significant.

Results: After 8 weeks of yogic intervention, Group II patients showed a significant decrease in intensity of pain seen by a decrease in VAS score (P < 0.001) and improvement in the quality of life with a significant increase (P < 0.001) in physical, psychological, social, and environmental domain scores of WHOQOL-BREF.

Conclusions: The practice of yoga causes a reduction in the pain intensity and improves the quality of life in patients with chronic pelvic pain.

Keywords: Chronic pelvic pain; World Health Organization quality of life-BREF; pain scores; quality of life; yoga.

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Plan of the study
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Comparison of VAS score before and after 8 weeks of intervention in Group I and Group II
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Comparison of the WHOQOL-Bref transformed scores in the physical domain before and after 8 weeks of intervention in Group I and Group II
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Comparison of the WHOQOL-Bref transformed scores in the psychological domain before and after 8 weeks of intervention in Group I and Group II
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Comparison of the WHOQOL-Bref transformed scores in the Social domain before and after 8 weeks of intervention in Group I and Group II
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Comparison of the WHOQOL-Bref transformed scores in the Environmental domain before and after 8 weeks of intervention in Group I and Group II
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