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Abstract

The Effect of Meditation to Reducing Body Mass Index (BMI) and
Hypercholesterolemia among Registered Nurses in Suphan Buri Province

Peerayut Rattanaselanon*, Somporn Kantharadussadee-Triumchaisri, Pramuk Osiri,

Vorakamol Boonyayothin, Orawan Kaewboonchoo
Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University. 420/1 Ratchawithi Rd., Ratchathewi District, Bangkok 10400.
*Corresponding: yut_ph_nu@hotmail.com

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that overweight and obesity were the 5th risk factor
of world populationûs 2,800,000 deaths annually. This demonstrated that overweight and obesity, in conjunc-
tion with high cholesterol or hypercholesterolemia, may cause cardiovascular disease. Registered nurses and
healthcare providers had risk factors both directly and indirectly to incur chronic diseases such as cardiovas-
cular diseases, hypercholesterolemia, etc. Previous studies showes that 56.7% of registered nurses and
healthcare providers had high cholesterol (>200 ml/dl, 232.56 ± 24.76) and 48.4% of them were overweight
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(BMI > 23.0 kg/m , 25.72 ± 2.89). This quasi-experimental research, aimed to determine the effect of
meditation in reducing BMI and cholesterol among registered nurses-45 in the experimental group and another
45 in the control group in Suphan Buri province. The experimental group by apply the SKT2 technique of
the meditation practice for at least one round of 30 breath cycles each day; while the control group did not
apply such technique. The study was conducted for 3 months (July-September 2014). After the experiment,
it was found that the nurses in the experimental group had BMI their significantly lower than that before the
experiment (t = 2.064, p < 0.000); and, their cholesterol levels were also lower than those before the
experiment, and those in the control group (t = -5.464, p < 0.000). The results showed that the SKT2
meditation practices was effective in reducing the had BMI and cholesterol levels of registered nurses.

Keywords: SKT2 technique of meditation, cholesterol, registered nurses, body mass index

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