Improvement in Sleep Quality of Perimenopausal Woman After Om Chanting During Covid-19 Pandemic Lockdown

Abstract

The aging process is associated with physiological changes that affect sleep. In perimenopausal woman, undiagnosed and untreated insomnia may lead to impaired daily function and reduced quality of life. In the COVID-19 lockdown scenario, the stress and tension of remaining continuously at home and working from home for long time periods without taking a break has been a physical and mental burden to women. Many women experience sleep problems during perimenopause which in turn results in irritability, mood swings, aggression, anxiety and various other problems.OM chanting is a practice that uses the transformational power of OM to activate self-healing potential. It reduces stress and relaxes the body. It is one of the major exercise that calms the body through rhythmic pronunciations and vibrations. Therefore, in this study the effect of OM chanting on the sleep quality of perimenopausal woman was assessed. Thirty-five healthy women practiced OM chanting twice a day for two weeks. Sleep quality was assessed using Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI) both before and after practicing Om chanting. All the subjects showed significant improvements in a range of subjective factors, including overall sleep quality, sleep efficiency, sleep duration and self-assessed sleep quality resulting in the overall improvement in the PSQI score. Thus OM chanting was is a safe and simple remedy for improving the quality of sleep in perimenopausal woman.