AMIERJ ISSN 2278-5655 Volume–VII, Issue–II Feb – March 2018 Aarhat Multidisciplinary International Education Research Journal (AMIERJ) Page 144 EduIndex Impact Factor 5.18 UGC Approved Journal No 48178, 48818 MANAGEMENT OF DAILY HASSLES AND ANXIETY AMONG MYOCARDIAL INFARCT PATIENTS Dr. Pooja Varma, Assistant Professor, Psychology, Jain University, Bangalore And Waheeda Khan, Ph.D Former Professor & Head, D/O Psychology, JamiaMilliaIslamia, Central University, New Delhi. Dean Faculty of Behavioural Sciences, SGT University (UGC recognized) Chandu-Budhera, Badli Road, Gurgaon, Delhi-NCR,Haryana, India-122505 Abstract. Coronary heart disease (CHD) is found to be the leading cause of mortality worldwide. Currently, the Myocardial Infarction (MI) or stroke incidence in India is much higher than western industrialized countries. One of the factors associated with an increased riskof MI are chronic hassles at workplace, financial setbacksand persistentanxietythat aggravate incident of CHD and cardiac mortality. Presently, prevention and management of stroke is the best option considering the Indian scenario through control and/or avoiding riskfactors of stroke.This study aimed to examine the effects of ashort yoga program in overcomingstressful response towards hassles and the tendencies to react anxiously to situations. Thirty MI patients aged 28–55 years mostlyworking men and women participated inmanagement program in the form of yoga Nidra(deep relaxation), pranayama (breathing techniques) and meditation for tenconsecutive days. The assessment pre and post yoga and meditation techniquesshowed remarkably reduced level of anxiety and improved reactions toward hassles at workplace from Day 1 scores to Day 10.Results highlighted the effectiveness of yoga and meditation in decreasingphysiological sensations of anxiety by enabling patients to observe these anxiety-laden sensations in a non-judgmental way without avoiding them. In addition, the techniques helped MI patients in recognizing stress inducing or negative thought patterns and redirecting attention to things that occurred in the present moment.The paper thus, reiterates the beneficial effects of regular practice of yogaand meditation for improving the physiological, emotional and psychological health and thereby enhancing the productivity at workplace. Keywords.Myocardial Infarction.Management.Hassles.Anxiety.Meditation.Yoga. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is only one among a number of non-communicable conditions, such as cancer and diabetes that can be expected to impose a major financial burden on affected households in developing countries likeIndia (Karan et al. 2014; Carlsson et al, 2014).Studies suggested that daily hassles in developing nations are noise pollution in jobs (Mead, 2007; National Health Services 2012), traffic jams, stressful working environment (Kivimäki et al. 2002), working for unreasonable and unfair bosses (Wager et al. 2003), job insecurity (Landsbergis et al. 2003), long working hours (Sokejimaand Kagamimori 1998), low control in the work environment (Bosma et al. 1997) and lack of financial control (Jacob, 2014; Karan et al. 2014). Research inferred that performance linked pre-requisites private sector jobs and those that has targets which are sometimes unachievable beyond employee’s potential when they failed to manage the given situation were more than twice as likely to suffer from coronary heart disease (Kumari et al.