Title

Effect of yoga and music on depression among antenatal Indian women

Authors

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

Affiliation

¹Depaertment of Obstetrics & 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

Antenatal depression is a growing concern affecting maternal and fetal health, often left untreated due to stigma and limited resources. Therefore, it is of interest to evaluate the effectiveness of yoga and music therapy in reducing depression among pregnant women in urban Gujarat. Hence, a total of 180 antenatal women were assigned to either a yoga group (2-week intervention) or a music group (1-week intervention). Depression levels were assessed pre- and post-intervention using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale. The yoga group showed a significant reduction in depression scores (p < 0.001), while the music group showed a slight but non-significant improvement (p = 0.369). Results show that yoga is more effective than music in alleviating depressive symptoms during pregnancy.

Keywords

Antenatal depression, yoga therapy, music therapy maternal mental health

Citation

Gunvanthbhai et al. Bioinformation 21(6): 1458-1462 (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.