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- The COVID-19 pandemic led to many people working from home, increasing work-related stress and creating a need for effective stress management solutions.
- A study was conducted to evaluate the impact of an online streamed yoga program on stress and wellbeing in remote workers, using a six-week randomized controlled trial with yoga participants compared to a wait-list control group.
- Results showed that the yoga group experienced significant improvements in perceived stress, mental wellbeing, and coping self-efficacy, indicating that online yoga can be a beneficial tool for managing stress and enhancing wellbeing while working from home.
Article Abstract
Background: The outbreak of COVID-19 and its associated measures has resulted in a sizeable working population transitioning to working from home (WFH), bringing additional challenges, and increasing work-related stress. Research has indicated that yoga has promising potential in reducing stress in the workplace. However, there are very few studies exploring the impact of online streamed yoga on stress management for people-WFH.
Objective: To investigate the feasibility and outcome of an online streamed yoga intervention on stress and wellbeing of people-WFH during COVID-19.
Methods: A six-week pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) yoga intervention was designed with yoga (n = 26) and a wait-list control group (n = 26). A mixed two-way ANOVA was used to assess changes in standardised outcome measures at baseline and post-intervention. Likert and open-ended questions assessed enjoyment, acceptability and perceived benefits of the program, which were analysed thematically.
Results: Compared with the control, the yoga group reported significant improvements in perceived stress, mental wellbeing, depression and coping self-efficacy, but not stress and anxiety. Participants experienced physical and mental health benefits and reported high acceptability and enjoyment of the intervention.
Conclusions: An online yoga intervention can help people WFH manage stress and enhance wellbeing and coping abilities.
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