Trial reportAging & mental health2025
Effect of telehealth yoga on loneliness and social isolation among rural older adults: a randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in Aging & mental health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05431166 (Virtual Yoga for Social Isolation and Loneliness in Rural Veterans), which is not on this map. Cited by 7 papers.
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Virtual Yoga for Social Isolation and Loneliness in Rural Veterans
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7 citing papers in PubMed.
- Tai Chi and wellness for Gulf War Illness: Combined analysis of in-person and remote randomized controlled trials.Journal of psychiatric research · 2026Trial
- The effect of digital communication technology on older adults' formal care use in Norway: a randomized controlled trial.BMC geriatrics · 2026Trial
- The COMPASS framework for chronic pain and posttraumatic stress disorder: navigating the transition from threat to safety through yoga.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Digital bridges to social connection: A systematic review and meta-analysis of digital interventions for loneliness and social isolation.Internet interventions · 2025Review
- Mediating effects of psychological capital on the influencing relationship between social isolation and anxiety symptoms of maintenance hemodialysis patients.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Teaching Group Yoga-For-Wellness Classes via Video-Based Telehealth: Perspectives From Veterans Health Administration Yoga Teachers.Global advances in integrative medicine and healthArticle
- Learning Yoga Through Interactive Online Classes: Perspectives From Midlife and Older Women Enrolled in the LILA Trial for Urinary Incontinence.Global advances in integrative medicine and healthArticle
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Abstract
objectivesLoneliness and social isolation are associated with a range of deleterious health outcomes. Yoga is a mind-body physical activity that is used in health care settings and increasingly in a telehealth group format. This trial aimed to determine the effect of a brief course of telehealth yoga on loneliness among rural older adults.
methodIn this pragmatic trial among rural-residing Veterans Affairs patients over age 60 (https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05431166), participants were randomized to eight, 60-minute telehealth yoga classes delivered to their homes or waitlist control. The primary outcome was loneliness at 10 wk. Additional outcomes included measures of social isolation, fidelity, and acceptability, as well as interview findings.
resultsOf 70 participants, 52 completed follow-up (mean [SD] age 67.8 [5.9] years). Loneliness significantly decreased between baseline and follow-up in both groups, but there were no significant between-group differences in loneliness or social isolation. Ratings of fidelity and acceptability were high. Qualitative findings indicated benefits related to the telehealth format and aspects of social connection not captured in quantitative measures.
conclusionA brief course of weekly telehealth yoga was feasible and acceptable among older rural patients but not effective at reducing loneliness and social isolation.
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