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Ankita Richard
Deepak Suwalka
Mental and neurological disorders among older adults account for 6.6% of the total disability for this age group. Approximately 15% of aged 60 and over suffer from a mental disorder. Yoga is the art of living. Integrating the many aspects of ourselves and putting us in control of our minds; the effects are holistic, bringing about health awareness and a change of attitude towards ourselves and the world around us. The present study aims to assess the effective ness of planned teaching programme regarding yoga meditation on the promotion of mental health among 100 old people in selected old age centres (Shreemati Krishna Ananad Vardhashram and Governement Age home / Tara Sanstha) in Udaipur city. The quantitative research approach and pre-experimental one group pre -test post–research design was adopted for this study. The non - probability convenience sampling technique was used for data collection. Data collection tool consisted of structured knowledge questionnair e. Data was analyzed through descriptive and inferential statistics. The study revealed that in the pre -test most of the participants about 52% had poor knowledge, 44% had average knowledge, and 3% had good knowledge, further 1 found to be excellent. In th e post-test, after giving planned teaching programme, the results shows that 65% had found to be excellent, whereas 30% participants had good knowledge, 5% participants had average knowledge & 0 % participants had poor knowledge. The mean score of post -test knowledge score 23.85 was apparently higher than the mean score of pre -test knowledge 10.40, suggesting that the planned teaching programme was effective in increasing the knowledge of the old people regarding yoga meditation on the promotion of mental h ealth. The mean difference 13.45 between pre -test and post -test knowledge score of the old people was found to be significant. There are significant association between knowledge score of old people and selected demographic variable such as age (?2=21.73), gender (?2=13.64), religion (?2=27.68), reason for staying in old age home (?2=17.05), present health condition (?2=11.36), previous knowledge regarding yoga (?2=12.75) at the 0.05 level of significance. Hence research hypothesis is accepted and null hypothesis is rejected.
Keywords: Effectiveness; Planned Teaching Programme; Yoga; Mental Health; Old People