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Objectives
- To find out the effect of yoga and meditation-based intervention among elderly of Madhya Pradesh in decreasing stress, anxiety and depression due to the COVID-19 pandemic among elderly.
- To document their perceptions, practices, attitudes, feedback and suggestions regarding the intervention and factors responsible for change in levels of stress, anxiety and depression among elderly.
Study Design
A mixed method study with quantitative and qualitative component will be conducted
Study Population
The study population will consist of population who have reported to AIIMS, Bhopal OPD primarily catering to entire state of Madhya Pradesh but with special focus on the following group - Elderly persons (≥60 years of age)who are currently free of any covid-19 related symptoms at the time of data collection.
Quantitative Study -
- Sample Size: 705 subjects
- Sampling Strategy: Stratified sampling to recruit participants for each group Semi-structured questionnaire will be used along with DASS-21 scale (Google form link https://forms.gle/rsts6miLcxeaLrPC6)
- A 40-day yoga and meditation-based intervention will be given to patients who are screened to have stress, anxiety and depression measured by DASS-21 scoring.
- A mobile software application will be developed through which both the online questionnaire and intervention will be shared with participants.
Qualitative study –
30-35 In-depth interviews will be done (telephonically). Themes and subthemes would be generated using content analysis. While data saturation will guide the number of telephonic interviews finally completed. Each qualitative interview is 45-60 min long, analysis of which requires verbatim translation, coding the data followed by analysis. The focus of in-depth interviews is mainly on in-depth understanding of the context rather than generalizability of results.
Expected Outcome, Hypothesis, Application/Needs
Decrease in DASS score of subjects would indicate freedom from Stress, Anxiety and Depression caused by isolation, uncertainty, and disruptions. They will handle every circumstance energetically with courage and faith.