Trial reportArchives of psychiatric nursing2013
Feasibility, acceptability, and effects of gentle Hatha yoga for women with major depression: findings from a randomized controlled mixed-methods study.
Trial report in Archives of psychiatric nursing, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02213601 (Efficacy of Yoga for Depressed Postpartum Women), which is not on this map. Cited by 34 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Efficacy of Yoga for Depressed Postpartum Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Who cites it
34 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Yoga for Depressive Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Depression and anxiety · 2024Pooled it
- Effectiveness of yoga for major depressive disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Pooled it
- Hatha yoga for acute, chronic and/or treatment-resistant mood and anxiety disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2018Pooled it
- The Efficacy of Body-Oriented Yoga in Mental Disorders–A Systematic Review and Meta-AnalysisDeutsches Arzteblatt international · 2016Pooled it
- Characteristics of randomized controlled trials of yoga: a bibliometric analysis.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2014Pooled it
- Exploring young women's experiences of a mindful yoga intervention for depression in the Netherlands: Qualitative analysis of positive and negative effects.The British journal of clinical psychology · 2026Trial
- Treatment Fidelity in Mind-Body Interventions.Journal of holistic nursing : official journal of the American Holistic Nurses' Association · 2019Trial
- Treating major depression with yoga: A prospective, randomized, controlled pilot trial.PloS one · 2017Trial
- Yoga versus education for Veterans with chronic low back pain: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.Trials · 2016Trial
- Potential long-term effects of a mind-body intervention for women with major depressive disorder: sustained mental health improvements with a pilot yoga intervention.Archives of psychiatric nursing · 2014Trial
- Mind-Body Exercise, Cognitive Reappraisal, Brooding, and Psychological Distress Among Middle-Aged Women.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Experiences with complementary and integrative medicine in mental healthcare: a qualitative substudy of the PSYKIM project.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- The phenomenon of yoga in the imagination of Turkish nursing students: "The way to place goodness in the heart".BMC nursing · 2024Article
- The role of interoception in reducing trauma-associated distress: a feasibility study.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2024Article
- Do yoga and meditation moderate the relationship between negative life events and depressive symptoms? Analysis of a national cross-sectional survey of Australian women.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Yoga v. health education for attentional processes relevant to major depressive disorder.Mindfulness · 2021Article
- Exercise, brain plasticity, and depression.CNS neuroscience & therapeutics · 2020Review
- Effects of Meditative Movements on Major Depressive Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Journal of clinical medicine · 2018Review
- Reasons, Years and Frequency of Yoga Practice: Effect on Emotion Response Reactivity.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2018Article
- Applications of Yoga in Psychiatry: What We Know.Focus (American Psychiatric Publishing) · 2018Article
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Abstract
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a common, debilitating chronic condition in the United States and worldwide. Particularly in women, depressive symptoms are often accompanied by high levels of stress and ruminations, or repetitive self-critical negative thinking. There is a research and clinical imperative to evaluate complementary therapies that are acceptable and feasible for women with depression and that target specific aspects of depression in women, such as ruminations. To begin to address this need, we conducted a randomized, controlled, mixed-methods community-based study comparing an 8-week yoga intervention with an attention-control activity in 27 women with MDD. After controlling for baseline stress, there was a decrease in depression over time in both the yoga group and the attention-control group, with the yoga group having a unique trend in decreased ruminations. Participants in the yoga group reported experiencing increased connectedness and gaining a coping strategy through yoga. The findings provide support for future large scale research to explore the effects of yoga for depressed women and the unique role of yoga in decreasing rumination.
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