Effect of cyclic meditation on quality of life and perceived stress in female adolescence

Aim: Effect of cyclic meditation (CM) on quality of life (QOL) and perceive stress in female adolescence. Materials and Methods: This study was carried out in school students (58 adolescence girl). Participants age ranged from 14 to 17 years with a mean age of (mean ± standard deviation = 16.41 ± 0.56). All subjects were recruited from Bongo Sishu Balika Vidhalaya Bali Hawra (West Bengal) India. The variables (perceive stress scale and QOL enjoyment and satisfactionquestionnaire) were assessed before the CM practices. All the student underwent CM practices daily for 30 min afternoon 3 pm to 3:30 pm, 5 days a week for 1‑month under the guidance of a trainer yoga therapist. These CMs consisted of eight steps. The eight‑step CM is the same, which is following in SVYASA Yoga University. After 30 days of intervention, the parameters were repeated.Results: The data analysis showed significant improvement in QOL (P < 0.05) and significant changes in perceive stress (P < 0.05) and there is no significant change in quality of satisfaction. The result shows significant value in both the variables month of CM one. Conclusion: These findings suggest that practice 1‑month of CM showed that there is a significant impact on QOL and perceived stress in an adolescent girl.

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Adolescence ، perceived stress ، quality of life cyclic meditation ، yoga