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Does a 12-week yoga program influence the decision-making capacity of military aviation pilots?

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datacite.subject.sdg03:Saúde de Qualidade
datacite.subject.sdg04:Educação de Qualidade
datacite.subject.sdg08:Trabalho Digno e Crescimento Económico
dc.contributor.authorSantos, Sara
dc.contributor.authorFernandes, Orlando
dc.contributor.authorCabo, Carolina A.
dc.contributor.authorParraca, José A.
dc.contributor.authorMelo, Filipe
dc.date.accessioned2026-05-11T09:54:04Z
dc.date.available2026-05-11T09:54:04Z
dc.date.issued2025en_US
dc.date.updated2026-05-09T18:42:00Z
dc.description.abstractDoes a 12-week yoga program influence the decision-making capacity of military aviation pilots? Rationale and aims: This study investigates whether the incorporation of yoga practice into the training regimen of Portuguese Airforce Aviation Pilots can enhance their decision-making capacity, in order to promote better occupational health safety. Methods: A randomized controlled trial with Portuguese Airforce pilots had the Control Group (n = 8), follow standard military aviation training, and the Intervention Group (n = 10), receive additional yoga training twice a week for 12 weeks. Cognitive/performance assessments included the Aviation Safety Attitude Scale (ASAS). The procedures were approved by the Évora University research ethics committee (approval number: 21050), and participants gave written informed consent per the Helsinki declaration. The study was registered on April 19, 2023, on ClinicalTrials.gov (identifier NCT05821270). Analysis: Data analysis used Jamovi (version 2.3.16). Normality was assessed with the Shapiro-Wilk test, non-parametric data analysis used Wilcoxon rank test and Rank Biserial Correlation for effect sizes. Statistical significance was generally determined with a threshold of 0.05. Findings: Results showed significant differences in ASAS: it indicated significant increases in Self-Confidence (p = 0.021), Risk Orientation (p = 0.024), and Safety Orientation (p = 0.021) within the yoga group. Conclusions: This research offers a unique contribution: studying the hard-to-access population of military aviation pilots, due to security and workload constraints. Portuguese Airforce pilots, facing high stress and lacking a structured training regimen, will benefit from the findings of this study. Results could influence policymakers to implement mandatory exercise programs, enhancing work safety. These insights are also applicable to Airforce teams in other nations, commercial and civil aviation sectors.eng
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dc.identifier.doi10.13140/RG.2.2.16933.20967en_US
dc.identifier.slugcv-prod-5030838
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/28915
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherEscola Nacional de Saúde Pública da Universidade NOVA de Lisboa
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.titleDoes a 12-week yoga program influence the decision-making capacity of military aviation pilots?en_US
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oaire.citation.conferenceDate2025-04
oaire.citation.conferencePlaceLisboa
oaire.citation.titleBehaviour Change for Health and Sustainability 2025 Conference
oaire.versionhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85
person.familyNameSantos
person.givenNameSara
person.identifier.orcid0000-0002-7995-0804
rcaap.cv.cienciaid7912-05CF-0542 | Sara Santos
rcaap.rightsopenAccessen_US
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