Effects of yoga intervention on sleep and quality-of-life in elderly: A randomized controlled trial

Indian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Hariprasad, V R ^a   Sivakumar, P T ^a   Koparde, V ^a   Varambally, S ^a   Thirthalli, J ^a   Varghese, M ^a   Basavaraddi, I V ^b   Gangadhar, B N ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

^b Morarji Desai Natl Inst for Yoga   (India)

Author keywords

Elderly; quality of life; sleep; yoga

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PITTSBURGH SLEEP QUALITY INDEX; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP TIME; SOCIAL INTERACTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOGA;

EID: 84883335871     PISSN: 00195545     EISSN: 19983794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5545.116310     Document Type: Article

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