Title

Effect of music and yoga on stress among Indian women during pregnancy

Authors

Rohit Divya Gunvanthbhai¹, N. Siva Subramanian^2,* & B. Mahalakshmi³

Affiliation

¹Depaertment of obstetrics and Gynaecological Nursing, Sankalchand Patel university, Visnagar, Gujarat, India; ²Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Nootan College of Nursing, Sankalchand Patel University, Visnagar, Gujarat, India; ³Department of Paediatric Nursing, Nootan College of Nursing, Sankalchand Patel University, Visnagar, Gujarat, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Rohit Divya Gunvanthbhai - E-mail: dgrohit.fn@spu.ac.in
N Sivasubramanian - E-mail: sn.fn@spu.ac.in

B. Mahalakshmi - E-mail: mb.fn@spu.ac.in

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received June 1, 2025; Revised June 30, 2025; Accepted June 30, 2025, Published June 30, 2025

Abstract

Effect of yoga and music on stress among antenatal Indian women Gujarat is of interest. Hence, a quasi-experimental design was used among 180 women divided equally into Yoga and Music groups. Interventions were delivered over two weeks (Yoga) and one week (Music), with stress measured using the Perceived Stress Scale. Both therapies significantly reduced stress. However, yoga showed a greater improvement (mean difference: 1.889 vs. 1.111). Correlation analysis revealed a stronger relationship in the music group, though overall effect was higher in the yoga group. These findings support integrating complementary therapies into prenatal care.

Keywords

Antenatal women, stress during pregnancy, yoga therapy, music therapy, complementary therapies, perceived stress scale, non-pharmacological intervention

Citation

Gunvanthbhai et al. Bioinformation 21(6): 1454-1457 (2025)

Edited by

P Kangueane

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.