Effectiveness of calisthenics on psychological parameters among alcohol dependents

Background: Alcoholism is one of the major public health issues in both developed and developing countries. The harmful use of alcohol cause approximately 3.3 million deaths every year. Alcohol dependence is a chronic disease, in which a person craves for drinks that contain alcohol and is unable to control his drinking habit. Calisthenics exercise has been known to improve mental health while treating problems like Depression, Stress and Anxiety. Aim: To evaluate the Effectiveness of Calisthenics on Psychological parameters among alcohol dependents. Materials and Methods: True Experimental Research design was used for this study. Initially, 66 Patients were selected by Simple Random Sampling Technique. Among them, 33 samples were placed in the experimental group, who practised Calisthenics and the other 33 were placed in the control group, who received the routine treatment. The data were collected by using DASS- 21 scale questionnaire in pre-test and post-test, organized and analysed. Results: In both the groups, statistically highly significant results (p<0.001) were observed and most of the psychological parameters improved positively in the experimental group than the control group. Significant results were observed in the psychological parameters along with DASS-21 Scale scoring. Conclusion: This study findings indicated that the Calisthenics intervention proved to be statistically highly significant in the reduction of Psychological parameters among the Alcohol dependents under study.