Title

Barriers to initiation and maintenance of yoga practice among doctors: A questionnaire survey

Authors

Ruchi Raval^1,*, Monali Shah¹, Anand Bhalodi², Priyanka Doshi³, Jaimin Pandya⁴ & Anand Mohan⁵

Affiliation

¹Department of Periodontology, K. M. Shah Dental College & Hospital, Sumandeep Vidyapeeth Deemed to be University, Vadodara, Gujarat, India; ²Department of Periodontics, Goenka Research Institute of Dental Sciences, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India; ³Private Practitioner, Sorrento Dental Care, San Diego, California, USA; ⁴Private Practitioner, Clinical Director, Revival Physical Therapy & Rehab, New Jersey, USA; ⁵Department of Dentistry, Nalanda Medical College & Hospital, Agamkuan, Patna, Bihar, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Ruchi Raval - E-mail: ruchi.raval18@gmail.com; +91 9825040128

Monali Shah - E-mail: smonali2011@gmail.com; +91 9824003228

Anand Bhalodi - E-mail: dranandbhalodi@gmail.com; +91 9099917335

Priyanka Doshi - E-mail: drpriyankadoshi@gmail.com; +91 9428429168

Jaimin Pandya - E-mail: pt.jaiminpandya@gmail.com

Anand Tiwari - E-mail: anand.m.tiwari@gmail.com; +91 8179684939

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received July 1, 2026; Revised July 31, 2026; Accepted July 31, 2026, Published July 31, 2026

Abstract

Yoga possesses well-proven therapeutic benefits, yet clinicians face profound barriers to sustaining regular practice. This cross sectional study was conducted by the Department of Periodontology, K M Shah Dental College and Hospital, Sumandeep Vidyapeeth Deemed at University, Vadodara. It evaluated multi-factorial impediments among 212 institutional healthcare professionals. Active yoga practitioners primarily cited acute time constraints, domestic responsibilities and intrinsic inertia as major barriers. Conversely, non-practitioners predominantly reported highly inconvenient scheduling logistics alongside cognitive misconceptions regarding yoga. Thus, mitigating these constraints through targeted digital interventions may optimise long-term clinician well-being metrics.

Keywords

Yoga, physicians, health behaviour, barriers to health care, surveys and questionnaires

Citation

Raval et al. Bioinformation 22(7): 4221-4229 (2026)

Edited by

Rashmi Laddha

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.