Trial reportPain medicine (Malden, Mass.)2020
Changes in Perceived Stress After Yoga, Physical Therapy, and Education Interventions for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial.
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Reducing Work-related Screen Time in Health Care Workers During Leisure Time
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.
- Yoga for chronic non-specific low back pain.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Reducing Work-Related Screen-Time in Healthcare Workers During Leisure Time (REDUCE SCREEN) - A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical systems · 2026Trial
- "In Class We Were All One." A Qualitative Exploration of Yoga and Educational Interventions for Predominantly Low-Income and Minority Adults with Chronic Low Back Pain.Journal of integrative and complementary medicine · 2022Trial
- Do Physical Therapy and Yoga Improve Pain and Disability through Psychological Mechanisms? A Causal Mediation Analysis of Adults with Chronic Low Back Pain.The Journal of orthopaedic and sports physical therapy · 2022Trial
- Changes in Pain Self-Efficacy, Coping Skills, and Fear-Avoidance Beliefs in a Randomized Controlled Trial of Yoga, Physical Therapy, and Education for Chronic Low Back Pain.Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) · 2022Trial
- Can Yoga or Physical Therapy for Chronic Low Back Pain Improve Depression and Anxiety Among Adults From a Racially Diverse, Low-Income Community? A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial.Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation · 2021Trial
- The associations of chronic pain and 24-h movement behaviors with incident mental disorders: evidence from a large-scale cohort study.BMC medicine · 2024Article
- Reduce stress and the risk of burnout by using yoga techniques. Pilot study.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Role of Yoga in Minimizing Stress and Anxiety in Women Experiencing Dysmenorrhea.Journal of lifestyle medicine · 2023Review
- Association between perceived distress and salivary cortisol in veterans with mTBI.Comprehensive psychoneuroendocrinology · 2022Article
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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectivePerceived stress and musculoskeletal pain are common, especially in low-income populations. Studies evaluating treatments to reduce stress in patients with chronic pain are lacking. We aimed to quantify the effect of two evidence-based interventions for chronic low back pain (cLBP), yoga and physical therapy (PT), on perceived stress in adults with cLBP.
methodsWe used data from an assessor-blinded, parallel-group randomized controlled trial, which recruited predominantly low-income and racially diverse adults with cLBP. Participants (N = 320) were randomly assigned to 12 weeks of yoga, PT, or back pain education. We compared changes in the 10-item Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10) from baseline to 12- and 52-week follow-up among yoga and PT participants with those receiving education. Subanalyses were conducted for participants with elevated pre-intervention perceived stress (PSS-10 score ≥17). We conducted sensitivity analyses using various imputation methods to account for potential biases in our estimates due to missing data.
resultsAmong 248 participants (mean age = 46.4 years, 80% nonwhite) completing all three surveys, yoga and PT showed greater reductions in PSS-10 scores compared with education at 12 weeks (mean between-group difference = -2.6, 95% confidence interval [CI] = -4.5 to -0.66, and mean between-group difference = -2.4, 95% CI = -4.4 to -0.48, respectively). This effect was stronger among participants with elevated pre-intervention perceived stress. Between-group effects had attenuated by 52 weeks. Results were similar in sensitivity analyses.
conclusionsYoga and PT were more effective than back pain education for reducing perceived stress among low-income adults with cLBP.
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