Open AccessAssociation of yoga practice and serum cortisol levels in chronic periodontitis patients with stress-related anxiety and depression
Author(s) -
Kishore Kumar Katuri,
Ankineedu Babu Dasari,
Sruthi Kurapati,
Narayana Rao Vinnakota,
Appaiah Chowdary Bollepalli,
Ravindranath Dhulipalla
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of international society of preventive and community dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.476
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2250-1002
pISSN - 2231-0762
DOI - 10.4103/2231-0762.175404
Subject(s) - medicine , anxiety , hamilton anxiety rating scale , chronic periodontitis , periodontitis , depression (economics) , psychosocial , statistical significance , dentistry , physical therapy , clinical psychology , psychiatry , economics , macroeconomics
Reducing the psychosocial stress by various methods can improve overall health, and yoga is now considered as an easily available alternative method. The present cross-sectional pilot study was conducted mainly to find the association of yoga practice with periodontal disease by measuring serum cortisol levels.