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ArticlePrzeglad menopauzalny = Menopause review2014

Effect of a 10-week yoga programme on the quality of life of women after breast cancer surgery.

Aleksandra Andysz, Dorota Merecz, Aleksandra Wójcik, Beata Świątkowska, Kamilla Sierocka, Anna Najder

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Article in Przeglad menopauzalny = Menopause review, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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13citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 34% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. A systematic review of yoga interventions as integrative treatment in breast cancer.Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2016
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  7. Quality of Life in Yoga Practitioners-Research Conducted on a Population of Polish Yogis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  9. The problem of fatigue in patients suffering from neoplastic disease.Contemporary oncology (Poznan, Poland) · 2017
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Aleksandra AndyszDepartment of Occupational Psychology, Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, Lodz, Poland.
Dorota MereczDepartment of Occupational Psychology, Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, Lodz, Poland.
Aleksandra WójcikDepartment of Occupational Psychology, Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, Lodz, Poland.
Beata ŚwiątkowskaDepartment of Environmental Epidemiology, Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, Lodz, Poland.
Kamilla SierockaCertified Iyengar Yoga teacher, Introductory I.
Anna NajderDepartment of Occupational Psychology, Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, Lodz, Poland.
Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine · PL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aim of the studyThe following research is aimed at determining the effect of yoga on the quality of life of women after breast cancer surgery. MATERIAL AND

methodsA 10-week yoga programme included 90-minute yoga lessons once a week. To estimate the quality of life, questionnaires developed by the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (QLQ-C30 and QLQ-BR23) were used. An experimental group consisted of 12 women who practised yoga, a control group - of 16 women who did not. Between groups there were no differences in age, time from operation and characteristics associated with disease, treatment and participation in rehabilitation.

resultsOur results revealed an improvement of general health and quality of life, physical and social functioning as well as a reduction of difficulties in daily activities among exercising women. Also their future prospects enhanced - they worried less about their health than they used to before participating in the programme. As compared to baseline, among exercising women, fatigue, dyspnoea and discomfort (pain, swelling, sensitivity) in the arm and breast on the operated side decreased.

conclusionsParticipation in the exercising programme resulted in an improvement of physical functioning, reduction of fatigue, dyspnoea, and discomfort in the area of the breast and arm on the operated side. Based on our results and those obtained in foreign studies, we conclude that rehabilitation with the use of yoga practice improves the quality of life of the patients after breast cancer surgery. However, we recommend further research on this issue in Poland.

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breast cancermastectomyquality of liferehabilitationyoga

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PMID26327853
PMCPMC4520362
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