Meta-analysis of a mindfulness yoga exercise intervention on depression - based on intervention studies in China.
Yuehang Yang, Dawei Cao, Teng Lyu, Wei Gao
Frontiers in psychology January 1, 2023 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1283172 via PubMed
Summary
AI-generated from the abstractA meta-analysis of 22 randomized controlled trials involving 2,216 patients found that mindfulness yoga exercise significantly reduces depressive symptoms, with a large combined effect size. The analysis included 1,101 patients in yoga intervention groups and 1,115 in control groups. Results showed substantial heterogeneity across studies, but the overall effect indicates yoga is effective for preventing and treating depression and improving mental health. Mindfulness yoga may serve as a non-medical, low-cost adjunct to pharmacological treatment for depression.
Study at a glance
| Characteristics | Meta-analysis Randomized Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 2,216 |
| Population | Patients with depressive symptoms |
| Intervention | mindfulness yoga exercise |
| Topics | Anxiety Depression |
| Keywords | Meta-analysis Mindfulness thinking Yoga exercises |
| Citations | 15 |
| Key finding | Mindfulness yoga exercise significantly reduces depressive symptoms and may be used as an effective adjunct to pharmacological treatment. |
Abstract
Using statistical methods to analyze and summarize the research data of the inclusion criteria, to provide a quantitative average effect size to interpret the influence of mindfulness yoga exercise on patients with different depressive symptoms, explain the therapeutic effect of mindfulness yoga therapy on depression and its possible mechanism of action, and provide new ideas for the clinical treatment of patients with depression. Review Manage 5.4 software was used to comprehensively evaluate the effect of yoga exercise on depression interventions to provide a reference for improving mental health. CNKI, PubMed, Web of science, EBSCO were searched for all case-control research articles on yoga for depression from 2000 to 2022. After screening, data extraction and quality evaluation of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) by inclusion and exclusion criteria, a total of 22 studies with 2,216 patients were included, including 1,101 in the yoga intervention group and 1,115 in the control group. The results showed a large heterogeneity in the literature on the effect of yoga exercise on depression, with a combined total effect size [SMD = -1.53, 95%CI (-1.96, -1.10), p < 0.00001]. Mindfulness yoga exercise is effective in preventing and treating depression and improving mental health, and may be considered as a non-medical, low-cost intervention as an adjunct to pharmacological treatment.