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Impact of a short yoga intervention on medical students' health: a pilot study
Andrée-Anne Simard1, Melissa Henry
1McGill University, Canada. andreeanne.simard.jmance@ssss.gouv.qc.ca
Background:
Medical students often experience significant distress early-on in undergraduate training.
Aims:
We aimed to demonstrate the impact of a brief structured yoga intervention on medical students.
Method:
Fourteen first-year medical students participated in a 16-week yoga intervention pilot study. Students completed questionnaires at baseline, mid-intervention and end of the study.
Results:
The students reported improvements in overall health, perceived stress and depressive symptoms following the intervention.
Conclusions:
A yoga intervention may be effective in decreasing stress and improving general well-being in medical students.
