Document Type

Capstone

Abstract

Sleep dysfunction affects all ages and inhibits successful engagement in everyday activities. Pain and psychological issues are common factors that contribute to sleep health. There is demand for holistic approaches to promote sleep health due to undesirable effects of medications. Yoga has been shown to improve health and wellness of those who practice and can be a tool to improve symptoms leading to poor sleep health. Sleep is an occupational domain that is underrecognized compared to the full scope of occupational therapy (OT). OTs can implement yoga programs to promote sleep health across the lifespan, because they are skilled in providing client-focused holistic care and possess the education to integrate physical ability, mental health, and lifestyle support with provision of services. The objective of this project was to educate OT students to improve knowledge and perceptions of OT-based yoga programs to improve sleep health across populations. 25 OT students participated in this presentation and completed pre- and post-surveys using a five-point Likert scale to create quantitative data. The results of the pre-survey indicated students were not confident in listing factors leading to sleep dysfunction or how this program fits into OT's scope of practice. Following the presentation, students demonstrated improved knowledge and perception of this topic with indicated understanding of how this intervention can improve sleep health and its integration to the domain and process of OT services. The education relayed in this project served to bridge the gap in literature by fusing OT fundamentals with yoga for an evidence-based intervention approach to improve sleep health.

Publication Date

4-2023

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