How junior doctors perceive personalised yoga and group exercise in the management of occupational and traumatic stressors.
Postgrad Med J
; 98(1161): e10, 2022 Jul.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1909814
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
Junior doctors are exposed to occupational and traumatic stressors, some of which are inherent to medicine. This can result in burnout, mental ill-health and suicide. Within a crossover pilot study comparing personalised, trauma-informed yoga to group-format exercise, qualitative interviews were conducted to understand the experience of junior doctors and whether such interventions were perceived to help manage these stressors.METHODS:
Twenty-one doctors, 76% female, were order-randomised to consecutive 8-week yoga and exercise programmes. Fifty-two interviews were recorded before and after each programme.RESULTS:
Many participants reported being time poor, sleep-affected, frequently stressed and occasionally in physical pain/distress. Major stressor themes were workplace incivility, death/human suffering and shift work with minimal support. Both interventions were acceptable for different reasons. Personalised yoga offered a therapeutic alliance, time to check-in and reduced anxiety/rumination. Group exercise provided energy and social connection. One participant found yoga beneficial following an acute workplace trauma 'It was really eye opening how much I felt my body just needed to detox I wouldn't have gone to a group fitness the next day I just wanted to relax and breathe We still had a big debrief which was great (but) I almost felt like I dealt with it physically and emotionally before going into it (P20).'CONCLUSION:
Junior doctors found both interventions useful for stress management adjunctive to other organisational programmes though for different and complementary reasons, possibly related to delivery mode. Personalised, trauma-informed yoga provided a confidential therapeutic alliance whereas group exercise offered social connection.Keywords
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Yoga
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Qualitative research
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Randomized controlled trials
Topics:
Traditional medicine
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Postgrad Med J
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Postgradmedj-2020-139191
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