Development & Validation of Yoga Based Intervention for Elders with Long Covid

Abstract

Context: The term "long COVID" refers to a group of symptoms that continue to bother people who have recovered from the SARS-CoV-2 infection. At least 65 million individuals worldwide are estimated to have long COVID. Yoga practices can enhance innate immunity as well as mental health, which supports the use of yoga as an adjunctive therapy for long Covid-19. Yoga's ability to boost immunity may assist to minimize the severity of the sickness by preventing an excessively strong immune response to the cytokine storm, which is a major contributor in the worsening of the condition. Aim: This research documents the creation and approval of a yoga-based intervention (YBI) for elderly people with long COVID. Materials and Methods: The first part involved developing a yoga-based intervention based on a review of classic literature and recently published research papers. In the second step, 30 subject matter (yoga) experts confirmed the proposed module. The content-validity ratio (CVR) was determined using Lawshe's formula. Result: For the development of a yoga-based intervention for seniors with long COVID, appropriate yoga practices were introduced. The final yoga-based intervention module included yoga practices with a CVR ≥ 0.333, which were evaluated by 30 yoga experts and approved in faculty group discussion. Conclusion: The yoga techniques were created and approved for YBI for elderly people with long COVID. Thirty yoga experts validated the YBI design using Lawshe's content validity criteria.