TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of yoga on psychological health, quality of life, and physical health of patients with cancer
T2 - A meta-analysis
AU - Lin, Kuan-Yin
AU - Hu, Yu-Ting
AU - Chang , King-Jen
AU - Lin, Heui-Fen
AU - Tsauo, Jau-Yih
PY - 2011/3/11
Y1 - 2011/3/11
N2 - Yoga is one of the most widely used complementary and alternative medicine therapies to manage illness. This meta-analysis aimed to determine the effects of yoga on psychological health, quality of life, and physical health of patients with cancer. Studies were identified through a systematic search of seven electronic databases and were selected if they used a randomized controlled trial design to examine the effects of yoga in patients with cancer. The quality of each article was rated by two of the authors using the PEDro Scale. Ten articles were selected; their PEDro scores ranged from 4 to 7. The yoga groups compared to waitlist control groups or supportive therapy groups showed significantly greater improvements in psychological health: anxiety (P=.009), depression (P=.002), distress (P=.003), and stress (P=.006). However, due to the mixed and low to fair quality and small number of studies conducted, the findings are preliminary and limited and should be confirmed through higher-quality, randomized controlled trials.
AB - Yoga is one of the most widely used complementary and alternative medicine therapies to manage illness. This meta-analysis aimed to determine the effects of yoga on psychological health, quality of life, and physical health of patients with cancer. Studies were identified through a systematic search of seven electronic databases and were selected if they used a randomized controlled trial design to examine the effects of yoga in patients with cancer. The quality of each article was rated by two of the authors using the PEDro Scale. Ten articles were selected; their PEDro scores ranged from 4 to 7. The yoga groups compared to waitlist control groups or supportive therapy groups showed significantly greater improvements in psychological health: anxiety (P=.009), depression (P=.002), distress (P=.003), and stress (P=.006). However, due to the mixed and low to fair quality and small number of studies conducted, the findings are preliminary and limited and should be confirmed through higher-quality, randomized controlled trials.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79955089810&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1155/2011/659876
DO - 10.1155/2011/659876
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79955089810
SN - 1741-427X
VL - 2011
JO - Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
JF - Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
M1 - 659876
ER -