Effect of trataka (yogic gazing) on insomnia severity and quality of sleep in people with insomnia.
Insomnia
Meditation
Sleep
Trataka
Yoga
Journal
Explore (New York, N.Y.)
ISSN: 1878-7541
Titre abrégé: Explore (NY)
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101233160
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Historique:
received:
24
05
2020
revised:
14
09
2020
accepted:
14
09
2020
pubmed:
11
10
2020
medline:
22
3
2022
entrez:
10
10
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Insomnia or sleeplessness is a common disorder associated with morbidity and poor quality of life. Trataka is one of the six cleansing techniques of yoga. Literature suggests that trataka could help in relieving insomnia. A study was conducted to evaluate the effect of trataka on insomnia severity and quality of sleep (QoS) in people with insomnia. Twenty-nine participants with insomnia were recruited, who underwent trataka (45 minutes per day daily) for a period of 10 days. Insomnia severity and QoS were assessed before and after the intervention using the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) and The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), respectively. This study showed a significant reduction in ISI score and PSQI global score and its associated subscale scores except sleep medication scores after the intervention. Trataka may be considered as a treatment modality in reducing insomnia severity and in improving QoS in people with insomnia.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33036930
pii: S1550-8307(20)30310-4
doi: 10.1016/j.explore.2020.09.009
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
100-103Informations de copyright
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Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of Competing Interest None declared.