A Study was Conducted to Assess the Effectiveness of Pranayama on Stress
and Coping among Housewives in Selected Community, Salem.
Quasi experimental one group pretest posttest design was adopted for this
study. Simple random sampling technique was used to select 60 samples. Pre test was
done to assess the level of stress and coping among housewives by using structured
interview schedule. Pranayama was implemented to the housewives for 21consecutive
days. Post test was done on 24th day of intervention. The data were gathered and
analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistical method. The findings revealed that
during pre test 28 (46.67%) and 32 (53.33%) of the samples had mild and moderate
stress respectively. 34 (56.67%) and 26 (43.33%) of them had moderate and high
level of coping respectively. During post test 47 (78.33) and 13 (21.67%) of the
samples had mild and moderate stress respectively, whereas 10 (16.67%) and 50
(8.33%) of them had moderate and high level of coping respectively. The paired‘t’
value for stress was13.05 and for coping was 11.21 which are greater than the table
value 1.96 at p≤0.05 level indicating the difference in mean was true difference and
pranayama was effective in reducing stress and attaining high level of coping among
housewives. Hence H1 was retained. Significant association was found between
monthly income (χ2 = 15.00) and husband’s occupation (χ2=11.72) with the level of
stress. Hence H2 was retained for the above mentioned variables and there was
significant association found between number of children (χ2=11.04) with the level of
coping. Hence H3 was retained for the above mentioned variables. There was
negative correlation (r = -0.482) between the level of stress and coping. Hence H4 was
retained. Pranayama is a non pharmacological, cost effective and very practicable
measure to reduce the level of stress and improve the level of coping among
housewives