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SynthesisJournal of evidence-based integrative medicine

Yoga-Specific Enhancement of Quality of Life Among Women With Breast Cancer: Systematic Review and Exploratory Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

Daline El-Hashimi, Kevin M Gorey

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Synthesis in Journal of evidence-based integrative medicine. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  4. The impact of a co-created yoga program for women diagnosed with gynecologic cancer on patient-reported outcomes: a series N-of-1 trial.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026
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  13. 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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  16. Understanding interest, barriers, and preferences related to yoga practice among cancer survivors.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Daline El-Hashimi1 School of Social Work, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-7069-6926
Kevin M Gorey1 School of Social Work, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Physical activities during and after cancer treatment have favorable psychosocial effects. Increasingly, yoga has become a popular approach to improving the quality of life (QoL) of women with breast cancer. However, the extant synthetic evidence on yoga has not used other exercise comparison conditions. This meta-analysis aimed to systematically assess yoga-specific effects relative to any other physical exercise intervention (eg, aerobics) for women with breast cancer. QoL was the primary outcome of interest. Eight randomized controlled trials with 545 participants were included. The sample-weighted synthesis at immediate postintervention revealed marginally statistically and modest practically significant differences suggesting yoga's potentially greater effectiveness: d = 0.14, P = .10. However, at longer term follow-up, no statistically or practically significant between-group difference was observed. This meta-analysis preliminarily demonstrated that yoga is probably as effective as other exercise modalities in improving the QoL of women with breast cancer. Both interventions were associated with clinically significant improvements in QoL. Nearly all of the yoga intervention programs, however, were very poorly resourced. Larger and better controlled trials of well-endowed yoga programs are needed.

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YogaBreast NeoplasmsFemaleHumansQuality of LifeRandomized Controlled Trials as Topicanxietybreast cancercomplementary therapydepressionevidence-based practiceexercisefatiguemental healthmeta-analysisquality of lifesystematic reviewyoga

Identifiers

PMID30791697
PMCPMC6388460

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