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Psyche of Parkinson’s Disease A Yoga Perspective

Psyche of Parkinson’s Disease A Yoga Perspective. Sridhar Maddela and Stephen Buetow . Introduction. This study took a yoga perspective to investigate any particular thought patterns associated with Parkinson’s disease (PD).

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Psyche of Parkinson’s Disease A Yoga Perspective

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  1. Psyche of Parkinson’s Disease A Yoga Perspective Sridhar Maddela and Stephen Buetow

  2. Introduction This study took a yoga perspective to investigate any particular thought patterns associated with Parkinson’s disease (PD). The study found correlation between thinking about deathand severityof PD.

  3. Aetiology of PD - Biomedical Perspective

  4. Cause of PD from a Yoga Perspective

  5. Yoga Yoga is defined as an approach to reduce perceptive thinking (Swami SatyanandaSaraswathi, 2002). Perceptive thinking is reduced by reconditioning individuals behaviour (intrapersonal, personal and interpersonal associations of life).

  6. Perception, Beliefs and Behaviour Individuals have different perceptions and beliefs about the environment they live in (Gluckman & Hanson, 2004). Perceptions and beliefs generate thought patterns and behaviour (Bruce Lipton, 2005). Yoga philosophy recognises perceptive thinking is due to kleshas (Mental afflictions)

  7. Mental Afflictions Mental afflictions: • Ignorance • Ego, individuality or separation • Attachment or passion • Aversion or hatred • Fear of death Mental afflictions are detrimental to individuals health (Belleau & Johnson, 2007; Palsane & Lam, 1996)

  8. Yoga Aphorisms & Cortical Gyri

  9. Methodology A cross-sectional postal survey was administered to a random sample of members of Parkinson’s New Zealand (PNZ). The consented participants had to complete a questionnaire rating the frequency of thinking about selected aspects of life. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software was utilised for data analysis.

  10. Results Of 990 members of PNZ who were invited to participate in the study 35.4% (n = 357) returned usable questionnaires.

  11. Participants Data

  12. Frequency of thinking about specified aspects of life The Principle Component Analysis (PCA) was used to group the variables PCA grouped the variables into three (3) groups • Intrapersonal aspects of life • Personal aspects of life • Interpersonal aspects of life

  13. Reported % on Aspects of Life

  14. Correlation between thought patterns and PD severity Bivariate correlation showed a weak but positive and statistically significant association (r = 0.2, p < 000) between PD severity and thinking about death.

  15. Conclusion The study found more the participants thought about death more sever the PD.

  16. Limitations This study was a small cross sectional survey as I was working towards a 60 point dissertation. Lack of control group to compare There is a need for a qualitative approach to test the findings of this study.

  17. Acknowledgements I would like to acknowledge: • The director of Goodfellow Unit Dr Peter Huggard • My supervisor Prof Stephen Buetow • All the Organisers of the Symposium • All of you for attending this session • My wife Poojaand my daughter Srija for their endless support

  18. YOGA An approach worth considering Thankyou

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