@article{RuizSánchez:78482,
author = "Ruiz Sánchez, Blanca Irina and Lucha López, Ana Carmen",
title = "{Estudio descriptivo: influencia de la práctica de yoga
en la ansiedad}",
year = "2016",
note = "Introduction Anxiety is a health problem of increasing
impact. It is currently leading to a significant impact on
peoples’ living conditions and high comorbidity rates.
Though still under investigation, Yoga therapy as an
intervention to reduce anxiety levels has remarkably
increased its popularity in recent years. Together with
other empirically proven interventions such as cognitive
behavioral therapy and pharmacological treatment to improve
symptoms related to anxiety, yoga could be an alternative
or complementary tool for effective coping. Hypothesis
Yoga, considering factors such as years of practice,
regularity, hours spent and the type of practice is
beneficial for decreasing anxiety. Objective Determine the
characteristics of the population, the main motivation for
starting yoga practice and to what extent is beneficial to
reduce the anxiety level taking into account factors such
as type of yoga, time spent (years, hours), regularity,
type and other sports. Method Cross-sectional study of 50
students who practice yoga in Sananda (Jaca) school.
Anxiety levels were determined by the Beck Anxiety
Inventory, and results were compared with the variables of
interest. Finally a literature search was performed to
compare with results of other similar studies. Results
Yoga practice is beneficial if done for a prolonged period
of time (> 1 year). Better results are also obtained when
yoga is practiced with regularity or along with other
sports or physical activities. For the latter two
characteristics, however, the sample does not provide
sufficient data to confirm the relationship of dependency.
The most beneficial type of yoga is Hatha Yoga or Classic
Yoga. Discussion and conclusions Many studies confirm that
yoga is beneficial for mental health and more specifically
for anxiety, plus the benefit is greater the closer the
relationship between the individual and yoga. However other
studies cast different conclusions, showing higher
prevalence of anxiety in people who regularly practice yoga
is observed.",
}