Vipassana meditation on anxiety state, depression and quality of life of professionals in social isolation in the lockdown period -2020/COVID-19

dc.contributor.authorSousa, Carlos Anderson Assis de
dc.contributor.authorVale, Rodrigo Gomes de Souza
dc.contributor.authorOliveira, Lia Monteiro de
dc.contributor.authorVale, Joyce Karen Lima
dc.contributor.authorDrigo, Alexandre Janotta [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorPernambuco, Carlos Soares
dc.contributor.authorBorba-Pinheiro, Claudio Joaquim
dc.contributor.institutionInstituto Federal do Para
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade do Estado do Para
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Federal do Para
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estacio de Sa
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-01T20:27:30Z
dc.date.available2023-03-01T20:27:30Z
dc.date.issued2022-01-01
dc.description.abstractThe objective of this study to evaluate the effects of Vipassana meditation (VM) program on the state of anxiety, depression and quality of life (QoL) of professionals in social isolation during the Lockdown period in pandemic COVID19/2020. This is an experimental study with intervention based in VM exercises with pre - and post-test measures of experimental and control groups, with simple randomization. VM is a training in attention and awareness, aiming to keep mental processes under voluntary control, developing skills such as calm, concentration and focus. Fifteen sessions of VM were held, lasting from 5 - 10 minutes/session. The results showed improvement in the scores of depression (Δ% = -47.6%), anxiety (Δ%= -47.7%) and QoL indicators (Δ%= 9.53), during the lockdown COVID-19/2020. It was concluded that MV was effective for all variables studied in comparison with the control group. Improvements were observed in state of anxiety and depression, in the physical domains, psychological and social relationships, as well in the perception of general QoL of participants who performed the VM in period with 15 days of Lockdown in pandemic COVID19/2020.en
dc.description.affiliationInstituto Federal do Para
dc.description.affiliationUniversidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
dc.description.affiliationUniversidade do Estado do Para
dc.description.affiliationUniversidade Federal do Para
dc.description.affiliationUniversidade Estadual Paulista
dc.description.affiliationUniversidade Estacio de Sa
dc.description.affiliationUnespUniversidade Estadual Paulista
dc.format.extent705-713
dc.identifier.citationRetos, n. 46, p. 705-713, 2022.
dc.identifier.issn1988-2041
dc.identifier.issn1579-1726
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85136162264
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/240668
dc.language.isopor
dc.relation.ispartofRetos
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectCOVID-19
dc.subjectlockdown
dc.subjectMeditation
dc.subjectmental health
dc.subjectpandemic
dc.titleVipassana meditation on anxiety state, depression and quality of life of professionals in social isolation in the lockdown period -2020/COVID-19en
dc.titleMeditação Vipassana sobre o estado de ansiedade, depressão e qualidade de vida de profissionais em isolamento social no período de lockdown-2020/COVID-19pt
dc.typeArtigo

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