Effectiveness of Mindfulness Meditation on Improving Mental Well Being of Undergraduate Physiotherapy Students - A Quasi Experimental Study

Abstract

Aim- To study the effectiveness of mindfulness meditation on the mental well-being of undergraduate physiotherapy students. Objective- To see the improvement in the mental well-being after the mindfulness meditation by using Warwick Edinburg mental well-being scale in undergraduate physiotherapy students. Methodology - A pre-test post-test Quasi experimental study was done in underground physiotherapy students in Jalgaon. A total of 56 participants were taken in a group by purposive sampling method according to inclusion and exclusion criteria. Warwick- Edinburg scale was used to check the mindfulness of the participant. Result-  the mean difference of the pre and post intervention was 6.786. The t and p values were 39.823 and < 0.0001 respectively. Conclusion- There was significant improvement in the mental well-being of the undergraduate physiotherapy students following one month mindfulness meditation.