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Potential for prenatal yoga to serve as an intervention to treat depression during pregnancy.
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Assessing the Feasibility of a Prenatal Mobile App in Pregnant African American Women: The Mindful Maternity Study
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 123 citations in OpenAlex.
- Summary of the effect of an exercise intervention on antenatal depression and the optimal program: a systematic review and Meta-analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Pooled it
- The characteristics and effectiveness of pregnancy yoga interventions: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Pooled it
- Treatment of depression, anxiety, and trauma-related disorders during the perinatal period: A systematic review.Clinical psychology review · 2018Pooled it
- The Effect of Prenatal Yoga on Pregnancy-Related Symptoms: A Pilot Quasi-Experimental Study.Complementary medicine research · 2023Trial
- Perceptions of hatha yoga amongst persistently depressed individuals enrolled in a trial of yoga for depression.Complementary therapies in medicine · 2017Trial
- A pilot randomized controlled trial comparing prenatal yoga to perinatal health education for antenatal depression.Archives of women's mental health · 2016Trial
- A qualitative exploration into the experience of mindfulness in moderate-severe persistent depression.PloS one · 2025Article
- What can the psychoneuroimmunology of yoga teach us about depression's psychopathology?Brain, behavior, & immunity - health · 2024Article
- Feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of yoga to improve maternal mental health and immune function during the COVID-19 crisis (Yoga-MFrontiers in human neuroscience · 2023Article
- Yoga to improve maternal mental health and immune function during the COVID-19 crisis (Yoga-MWellcome open research · 2022Article
- Effects of Yoga exercise on anxiety and fetus growth in pregnant women with small for gestational age fetus.American journal of translational research · 2022Article
- Innovations in the Treatment of Perinatal Depression: the Role of Yoga and Physical Activity Interventions During Pregnancy and Postpartum.Current psychiatry reports · 2019Review
- Demand for integrative medicine among women in pregnancy and childbed: a German survey on patients' needs.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2018Article
- The Efficacy of Yoga as a Form of Treatment for Depression.Journal of evidence-based complementary & alternative medicine · 2017Review
- Perceptions, Uses of, and Interests in Complementary Health Care Approaches in Depressed Pregnant Women: The PAW Survey.Journal of evidence-based complementary & alternative medicine · 2017Article
- The Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Interventions on Maternal Perinatal Mental Health Outcomes: a Systematic Review.Mindfulness · 2017Review
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- Yoga among Antenatal Women: A Cross-sectional Study at Rapti Provincial Hospital, Nepal.International journal of yogaArticle
- The Effect of Yoga Practice on Labor Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Iranian journal of nursing and midwifery researchReview
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use among Women of Reproductive Age in the United States.Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's HealthArticle
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Abstract
backgroundWhen left untreated, antenatal depression can have a serious negative impact on maternal, and infant outcomes. Many affected women do not obtain treatment for depression owing to difficulties accessing care or because they do not find standard antidepressant treatments to be acceptable during pregnancy. This study examined the acceptability and feasibility of a gentle prenatal yoga intervention, as a strategy for treating depression during pregnancy.
methodsWe developed a 10-week prenatal yoga program for antenatal depression and an accompanying yoga instructors' manual, and enrolled 34 depressed pregnant women from the community into an open pilot trial. We measured change in maternal depression severity from before to after the intervention.
resultsResults suggested that the prenatal yoga intervention was feasible to administer and acceptable to the women enrolled. No study-related injuries or other safety issues were observed during the trial. On average, participants' depression severity decreased significantly by the end of the intervention based on both observed-rated and self-report depression assessment measures.
conclusionThe current study suggests that prenatal yoga may be a viable approach to addressing antenatal depression, one that may have advantages in terms of greater acceptability than standard depression treatments. Research and policy implications are discussed.
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