Comparative study of stress, anxiety and depression among people with Type 2 diabetes with and without yoga experience in Mazandaran
Subject Areas : Health Sciences and Psychologyfaezeh ehsangar fekjvar 1 , خدیجه حاتمی پور 2 *
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Keywords: Stress, Anxiety, Depression, type 2 diabetes, Yoga,
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Background: Diabetes is one of the most common and expensive endocrine diseases in the world. Among the types of diabetes, type 2 diabetes has the highest prevalence and affects the physical and psychological aspects of life The aim of this study was to compare the stress, anxiety and depression levels of people with Type 2 diabetes with yoga experience and without yoga experience in Mazandaran in 2023.
Methods: The current research was descriptive-comparative. The participants included 164 people with type 2 diabetes, members of the Association of Diabetes and Non-Communicable Diseases of Mazandaran Province, who were selected in two groups of 82 people, including those with and without yoga experience, using available sampling method. The research tools included a demographic questionnaire and a depression, anxiety and stress questionnaire (DASS-21), which were made available to people online through virtual networks related to the association. The data were analyzed using spess22 version and through multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) test.
Results: The results showed that there is a statistically significant difference between the two groups in terms of stress, anxiety and depression, and people with diabetes with yoga experience had lower scores in stress, anxiety and depression compared to diabetic people without yoga experience.
Conclusion: The results showed that yoga exercises can reduce stress, anxiety and depression in people with type 2 diabetes and can be used as a complementary treatment method
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