Could yoga practice improve treatment‐related side effects and quality of life for women with breast cancer? A systematic review and meta‐analysis

Pan, Yuanqing; Yang, Kehu; Wang, Yuliang; Zhang, Laiping; Liang, Haiqing

doi:10.1111/ajco.12329

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“…The participants reported that previous problems, such as amnesia, headaches, tightness, pain in the limbs, swollen limbs, and fatigue were alleviated. This is consistent with the results of other yoga studies that reported reduced pain, anxiety and swelling; increased energy, flexibility, and physical function; a sense of control; feelings of comfort and relaxation; and the ability to maintain self-control [20][21][22]. In particularly, a previous study reported that the participants who provided positive feedback on healing yoga stated that it enabled them to enjoy the exercise process [20].…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 89%

Experiences of Healing Yoga among Breast Cancer Women with Adjuvant Chemotherapy

Chang¹,

Chen²,

Lin³

2017

J Nurs Care

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Objective: To illustrate the experiences and perceived benefits of healing yoga as described by patients with breast cancer participating in a healing yoga program. Methods:The qualitative research with naturalistic design was conducted after the completion of an 8 weeks healing yoga program. A total of 11 breast cancer women with adjuvant chemotherapy were interviewed using the semi-structured interview guidelines.Findings: Participants expressed their experiences of healing yoga, including transforming concern to confidence, regaining a sense of belonging, gaining experience and satisfaction, and leading the way for life, were critical in developing these benefits. The perceived benefits of participating in this program was described as positive mental support, promoted a mind-body interaction and provided benefits ascribed to social activities, leading to a reported increase in active participation in life. Conclusion:This study gives support for the positive experiences of healing yoga among patients with a breast cancer. The objective effect of the healing yoga must be examined further to guide nurses in implementing suitable health promotional strategies for breast cancer patients.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 89%

Experiences of Healing Yoga among Breast Cancer Women with Adjuvant Chemotherapy

Chang¹,

Chen²,

Lin³

2017

J Nurs Care

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“…However, that systematic review was limited to studies published no later than 2010 and was also limited to the two component scores only. A final, and more recent meta-analysis, examined yoga's pooled effects on HRQOL among women with breast cancer [24]. Although an overall yoga and HRQOL effect was noted in this study, final results were mixed due to positive effects seen by the control over yoga on physical health.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 77%

“…Many meta-analysis have shown the potential benefits of yoga on measures of HRQOL in numerous clinical populations [22,23,24]. However, although there has been research done on the effects of yoga on measures of HRQOL, none to date have measured the overall effect size of yoga on HRQOL measured by the SF-36/12.…”

Section: Exercise Medicinementioning

confidence: 99%

Effects of Yoga on Measures of Health-related Quality of Life from SF-36 and SF-12 Assessments: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Benavidez¹,

Hart²

2017

Exerc Med

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Objectives:Yoga is commonly being adopted and prescribed with the intent to increase a participant's health-related quality of life. In practice, the current gold-standard health-related quality of life measurement tool is the SF-36 and SF-12 assessments. Therefore, it is important for yoga scientists and practitioners to understand yoga's effects on health-related quality of life when in fact a gold-standard assessment is implemented. The purpose of this study was to employ systematic review and meta-analytic techniques to examine the effect of yoga on measures of health-related quality of life measured using only the SF-36/12 assessments.Methods: A current (January 2007 to December 2016) systematic review of the Pubmed database was conducted and included studies that used yoga as an intervention with outcomes measures of health-related quality of life measured by the SF-36/12. Ten different measures were extracted from studies including eight dimension scores (physical functioning, bodily pain, physical role function, general health, mental health, emotional role function, social function, and vitality) and two summary scores (physical component and mental component). Ten different meta-analyses were performed using calculated standardized mean effect sizes and random effects models. Both moderator and sensitivity analyses were conducted.Results: A total of 34 studies were included is the analyses with 185 independent effect sizes. Yoga intervention showed a significant positive effect on all ten measures of the SF-36/12. Effects ranged from 0.56 (0.39-0.73) to 0.28 (0.17-0.40). Yoga type (Hatha, Iyengar, Other) moderated the effects of yoga intervention on the mental component (p=.021), with Hatha yielding the greatest effects (ES=1.63, 0.61-2.65). The sensitivity analysis showed little to no bias in mean effect size estimates.Conclusions: The meta-analytic evidence clearly supports the small-to-medium positive effects of yoga on health-related quality of life, as measured by the SF-36/12 assessments. Article Information ABSTRACTExercise Medicine 2017; 1:5 | https://doi

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“…Moreover, broad acceptance has developed for mind body concepts with elements of Thai Chi or Yoga. Positive results with respect to fatigue and other symptoms have been described (15,16). Yet, it has to be noticed that these Asian Movement concepts differ widely in their execution form more meditative to more power-oriented exercises.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 92%

Cancer Patients’ Knowledge and Acceptance of Physical Activities for Rehabilitation

Büntzel

Kusterer²,

Rudolph

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Could yoga practice improve treatment‐related side effects and quality of life for women with breast cancer? A systematic review and meta‐analysis

Cited by 75 publications

References 41 publications

Experiences of Healing Yoga among Breast Cancer Women with Adjuvant Chemotherapy

Experiences of Healing Yoga among Breast Cancer Women with Adjuvant Chemotherapy

Effects of Yoga on Measures of Health-related Quality of Life from SF-36 and SF-12 Assessments: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Cancer Patients’ Knowledge and Acceptance of Physical Activities for Rehabilitation

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