Trial reportJournal of substance abuse treatment2018
A randomized trial of yoga for stress and substance use among people living with HIV in reentry.
Trial report in Journal of substance abuse treatment, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
21 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Promoting Healthy Aging Through Mindfulness and Yoga: A Systematic Review of Interventions for People Living with HIV Who Use Drugs or Who Have a History of Substance Use.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Pooled it
- Exercise Interventions Conducted Among Individuals with Co-occurring HIV and Unhealthy Substance Use: A Systematic Review.AIDS and behavior · 2025Pooled it
- Evidence from high-income countries on the effectiveness of psychosocial interventions to improve mental health, wellbeing and quality of life for adults living with HIV: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2025Pooled it
- Interventions for female drug-using offenders.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- The benefits of yoga for people living with HIV/AIDS: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Complementary therapies in clinical practice · 2019Pooled it
- Effect of Yoga on Antiretroviral Adherence Postincarceration in HIV+ Individuals.Journal of correctional health care : the official journal of the National Commission on Correctional Health Care · 2020Trial
- The Contribution of Yoga to the Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Social Reintegration of Incarcerated Individuals: A Systematic Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Physical Activity Interventions Within Occupational Therapy for Persons With Substance Use Disorder: A Systematic Review.OTJR : occupation, participation and health · 2025Article
- Exploring Allostatic Load as an Objective Measure of Stress Among U.S. Women With and Without HIV: A Pilot Study.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2025Article
- Interventions to Improve HIV Care Continuum Outcomes for People With HIV Who Have Incarceration Experience: A Narrative Review.Open forum infectious diseases · 2025Review
- Sexual Minority Men Living with HIV's Interest in Yoga vs. MBSR as an Adjunct to an App-Based Positive Affect Intervention: A Focus Group Study.Current research in complementary & alternative medicine · 2025Article
- Yoga and Physical Therapy for Chronic Pain and Opioid Use Disorder Onsite in an Opioid Treatment Program: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Substance use & addiction journal · 2025Article
- Community-based substance use treatment programs for reentering justice-involved adults: A scoping review.Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2024Article
- Program evaluation of trauma-informed yoga for vulnerable populations.Evaluation and program planning · 2021Article
- CLARIFY 2021: explanation and elaboration of the Delphi-based guidelines for the reporting of yoga research.BMJ open · 2021Article
- Stress Among a Sample of Returning Citizens Living with HIV and Substance Use Disorder: A Mixed Methods Analysis.Community mental health journal · 2021Article
- Yoga Improves Balance and Low-Back Pain, but Not Anxiety, in People with Parkinson's Disease.International journal of yoga therapy · 2020Article
- How yoga impacts the substance use of people living with HIV who are in reentry from prison or jail: A qualitative study.Complementary therapies in medicine · 2019Article
- Yoga at Primary Health Centers - A Pathway to Holistic Health: Narrative Review.International journal of yogaReview
- An Integrated Yoga and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Intervention for Managing Excessive Use of Internet among the Youth: A Case Series.International journal of yogaArticle
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Abstract
backgroundPeople in reentry from prison or jail (returning citizens) living with HIV and substance use problems often experience numerous stressors and are at high risk for resumed substance use. Interventions are needed to manage stress as a pathway to reduced substance use.
objectiveThis study explored the effect of a hatha yoga intervention as compared to treatment as usual on stress and substance use among returning citizens living with HIV and substance use problems.
methodsParticipants were randomized to either a 12-session, 90-minute weekly yoga intervention or treatment as usual. All participants were clients of a service provider for returning citizens that offered case management, health care, and educational classes. Outcomes included stress as measured by the Perceived Stress Scale at the completion of the yoga intervention (three-months) and substance use as measured by the Timeline Followback at one-month, two-months, and three-months.
resultsSeventy-five people were enrolled, two of whom were withdrawn from the study because they did not have HIV. Of the 73 remaining participants, 85% participated in the three-month assessment. At three-months, yoga participants reported less stress than participants in treatment as usual [F (1,59) = 9.24, p < .05]. Yoga participants reported less substance use than participants in treatment as usual at one-month, two-months, and three-months [X
conclusionYoga interventions for returning citizens living with HIV and substance use problems may reduce stress and substance use. This finding is tentative because the control group did not receive an intervention of equal time and intensity.
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