Impact of a Sudarshan Kriya-based Occupational Stress Management Intervention on Physiological and Psychological Outcomes

Mulla, Zubin R.; Vedamuthachar,

doi:10.1177/0258042x15578024

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“…36 Amongst business executives, the SKY intervention significantly reduced the participants’ stress levels, blood cortisol levels, and increased their life satisfaction, emotional intelligence and emotional stability. 37 Our study findings in HCPs are consistent with the stress-reducing effects of SKY in previous studies. It is also evident from our study that reduction in stress, anxiety and depression are correlated with enhanced resilience and satisfaction with life, and these observations are also consistent with previous studies.…”

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Impact of a Yogic Breathing Technique on the Well-Being of Healthcare Professionals During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Kanchibhotla

Bharathi

Somya³

et al. 2021

Glob Adv Health Med

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Background The COVID-19 pandemic has created unprecedented challenges for healthcare globally, the brunt of which has been borne by the health care providers (HCPs). These challenges are felt more keenly in India, as they stretch an insufficiently resourced healthcare system. The long hours, cross over of responsibilities, lack of resources to adequately care for patients, and concerns around safety of self and loves ones, have led to a spike in anxiety, depression, insomnia and other stress – related disorders in healthcare providers. Sudarshan Kriya Yoga (SKY) is a mind-body intervention that has been studied in multiple clinical populations. Prior to this study, there has been no exploration of the impact of SKY on healthcare providers, specifically the impact of a mind-body intervention like SKY on HCPs during a pandemic. Objective This study aims to investigate the impact of SKY on the well-being of HCPs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods We conducted a pilot feasibility study with a single arm pre-post design. SKY was taught to participants in a 4-day online breath and meditation workshop. We measured outcomes related to depression, anxiety, resilience, life satisfaction, and quality of sleep. Results Ninety-two subjects completed the study survey before and after the intervention. A significant reduction was observed in the levels of stress, anxiety and depression immediately after the program. In addition, the participants reported sig1nificant improvement in life satisfaction, resilience, and the quality of their sleep. Conclusion The results indicate that SKY breathing technique had a positive impact on the well-being of healthcare professionals during the pandemic. Participants experienced improved quality of sleep, enhanced satisfaction with life, and increased resilience after SKY. This pilot study provides important data for future multi-site randomized controlled trials to study the impact of yogic techniques on well-being of the HCPs.

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Impact of a Yogic Breathing Technique on the Well-Being of Healthcare Professionals During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Kanchibhotla

Bharathi

Somya³

et al. 2021

Glob Adv Health Med

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“…Special attention must be paid to the personality characteristics of the individuals, and care must be taken to ensure that those with a stressprone personality, if selected, are properly trained to learn how to recognize and manage their own stress. Several stress management interventions (Ivancevich et al 1990;Mulla and Vedamuthachar 2014) may be adopted to reduce stress in the workforce. Mental health professionals like psychiatrists, psychologists, and counselors should be appointed who can identify and help to minimize stress in police force.…”

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Who Gets Burnout and When? The Role of Personality, Job Control, and Organizational Identification in Predicting Burnout Among Police Officers

Bhowmick

Mulla

2020

J Police Crim Psych

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Burnout is found to negatively impact the quality of life of professionals working in the human service industries. By studying 152 police officers in Kolkata, India, we explore what contributes to burnout, and in which context burnout can be reduced or increased. We have focused on the relationship between personality and burnout, and examined the relationship between different job aspects, like job control and organizational identification with burnout. Results indicate that certain personality traits like agreeableness and conscientiousness significantly predict personal accomplishment, while neuroticism predicts emotional exhaustion. Low job control was related with increased emotional exhaustion, and higher level of identification with organization was related with increased sense of personal accomplishment.

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“…In the Indian context, there have been studies exploring the impact of various yoga-based interventions in reducing stress (e.g., Adhia et al, 2010; Jawahar, 2012; Mulla & Vedamuthachar, 2014; Soni et al, 2015). However, there has so far not been any study which has investigated the effect of MBSR on psychological and physiological outcomes for individuals in Indian organizations.…”

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“…Organizations are keen to understand the employee’s well-being as they believe that if the employees are highly motivated, committed, and have job satisfaction, it will benefit the organization. There have been a number of studies in India exploring the impact of various interventions for addressing the issue of high stress and burnout in executives (Adhia, Nagendra, & Mahdevan, 2010; Jawahar, 2012; Mulla & Vedamuthachar, 2014; Soni et al, 2015).…”

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Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction for Executives: Results from a Field Experiment

Mulla

Govindaraj

Polisetti

et al. 2017

Business Perspectives and Research

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Mindfulness-based meditation has been reported to produce positive effects on psychological and physiological well-being, and to reduce stress levels. The present study examined the effects of a 16-week mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) program on stress levels and self-compassion of 22 executives of a large public sector oil company located in the south of India. The study was a pre-and post-test experimental design in which participants were tested for physiological and psychological parameters, both before and after the intervention. Physiological assessment was carried out through the testing of blood cortisol and measurement of systolic and diastolic blood pressure. Participants also reported on variables such as self-compassion, and various stress indicators such as physical indicators, sleep indicators, behavioral indicators, emotional indicators, and personal habits. Results from the present study suggest that a 16-week MBSR intervention not only had a positive impact on various stress indicators (physical, sleep, behavioral, emotional, and personal habits) and self-compassion but also reduced systolic and diastolic blood pressure and blood cortisol levels. The findings suggest that MBSR can be a useful stress management intervention for addressing the issues of high stress for senior executives in Indian organizations.

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Impact of a Sudarshan Kriya-based Occupational Stress Management Intervention on Physiological and Psychological Outcomes

Cited by 8 publications

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Impact of a Yogic Breathing Technique on the Well-Being of Healthcare Professionals During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Impact of a Yogic Breathing Technique on the Well-Being of Healthcare Professionals During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Who Gets Burnout and When? The Role of Personality, Job Control, and Organizational Identification in Predicting Burnout Among Police Officers

Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction for Executives: Results from a Field Experiment

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