Volume : 3, Issue : 2, February - 2014

Effect of short term Shavasan practice on anxiety scores in young adults

Anuradha Iyer Rajan

Abstract :

The present study was undertaken to find out the effect of short term Shavasan practice on anxiety scores in young medical students . A sample of 82 medical students, was drawn from the I MBBS batches and they were tested for subjective anxiety scores by using Rastogi’s Self-evaluation scale for anxiety which measured three types of anxiety scores, state(ASS), trait(ATS) and free-floating anxiety(AFS). 42 students of study group were trained to perform Shavasan, a relaxation technique, for half an hour everyday for a period of twelve weeks. The