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Trial reportJournal of pain and symptom management2021

Yoga Practice Predicts Improvements in Day-to-Day Pain in Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer.

James W Carson, Kimberly M Carson, Maren Olsen, Linda Sanders, Kelly Westbrook, Francis J Keefe, Laura S Porter

Open access · greenAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Journal of pain and symptom management, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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18citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

James W CarsonDepartment of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA. Electronic address: carsonja@ohsu.edu.
Kimberly M CarsonDepartment of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA.
Maren OlsenCenter for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Linda SandersDepartment of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Kelly WestbrookDepartment of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Francis J KeefeDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Laura S PorterDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Duke Medical Center · USOregon Health & Science University · USDuke University Hospital · USDurham VA Medical Center · US

Funding

Yoga-based symptom management for metastatic breast cancerR01AT007572 · NCCIH · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI PORTER, LAURA S · 2013 to 2016
$2.1M
NCCIH NIH HHS R01 AT007572
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

contextWomen with metastatic breast cancer (MBC) experience a significant symptom burden, including cancer pain. Yoga is a mind-body discipline that has shown promise for alleviating cancer pain, but few studies have included patients with metastatic disease or examined the acute effects of yoga practice.

objectivesTo determine whether daily pain changed significantly during a randomized controlled trial of the Mindful Yoga program among women with MBC and whether time spent in yoga practice was related to daily pain.

methodsOn alternate weeks during the intervention period, we collected daily measures of pain from a subset of 48 women randomized to either yoga (n = 30) or a support group condition (n = 18). We also assessed daily duration of yoga practice among patients randomized to yoga.

resultsPain levels were low for women in both conditions, and no differential treatment effects were found on daily pain. However, among women randomized to yoga, a dose/response relationship was found between yoga practice duration and daily pain. When patients had spent relatively more time practicing yoga across two consecutive days, they were more likely to experience lower pain on the next day. This finding is consistent with an earlier MBC study. Meditation practice showed the strongest association with lower daily pain.

conclusionFindings suggest that yoga practice (meditation practice in particular) is associated with acute improvements in cancer pain, and that yoga interventions may be more impactful if tested in a sample of patients with advanced cancer in which pain is relatively elevated.

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Breast NeoplasmsMeditationYogaFemaleHumansPainQuality of Lifecancer paindaily diarymeditationmetastatic breast cancerrandomized trialYoga

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PMID33065208
PMCPMC8044267
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