The effectiveness of prenatal gentle yoga on the recovery of anxiety level and norepinephrine level in pregnant women aged 35 years old

This study aimed to analyze the effectiveness of prenatal gentle yoga on the anxiety problem and the norepinephrine level in pregnant women aged <20 and >35 years old.  The applied research design in this study was a true experiment with a posttest-only control design. Samples were selected using a purposive sample technique. Furthermore, the instrument used was the Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HARS) questionnaire. Data were analyzed using the Wilcoxon test to find out the results of the HARS and hypothesis testing. Moreover, data were also analyzed using the Mann-Whitney test to compare the mean values before and after being given treatment. The results of this study indicated that prenatal gentle yoga is effective to be used based on the results of the HARS (Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale). It was indicated by a significant p-value (0.001 < a 0.05) and the results of the hypothesis test of the p-value (0.000 < a 0.05). This proves that the provision of prenatal gentle yoga classes is effective in reducing the anxiety level and the norepinephrine level in pregnant women aged <20 and >35 years old