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SynthesisFrontiers in psychiatry2023

Effectiveness of yoga for major depressive disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Yufei Wu, Danni Yan, Jianli Yang

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract readSystematic Review
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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Frontiers in psychiatry, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06091527 (Treating Major Depression With Yoga Mono-therapy), which is not on this map. Cited by 27 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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27citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
14.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT06091527 narecruitingnot on this mapstarted 2024, after this paper: background citation

Treating Major Depression With Yoga Mono-therapy: 12-Week Randomized Controlled Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of California, San FranciscoRan2024 to 2026Enrolled180ConditionsDepression Mild, Depression ModerateArmsYoga practice, Education
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. EPA guidance on lifestyle interventions for adults with severe mental illness: A meta-review of the evidence.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2024
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  12. The Role of Yoga in HIV Care: A Narrative Review.Journal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences · 2026
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  16. Patients experience of trauma adapted yoga as a health promoting activity in forensic psychiatric care.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yufei WuDepartment of Psychology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Danni YanDepartment of Psychology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Jianli YangDepartment of Psychology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Tianjin Medical University General Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: Major depressive disorder (MDD) has a relapse rate that cannot be ignored and places a tremendous burden on the patient in the prevention and treatment process. Yoga, a combination of physical and mental exercises, is effective and acceptable for the adjunctive treatment of MDD. This study aimed to explore further the evidence of yoga's efficacy for patients with MDD. Methods: PubMed, Embase, Cochrane library, PsycINFO, SinoMed, CNKI, Wanfang, and VIP databases from their inception to 13 October 2022 were searched by a pre-defined search strategy. RCTs of patients with MDD who met diagnostic criteria for yoga treatment were included. RoB2.0 was used to evaluate the quality of the literature. Improvement in depressive symptoms was assessed by the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAMD), or other scales were used as primary outcome indicators, and improvement in anxiety was assessed by the Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAMA) and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) scale as secondary outcome indicators. RR and Cohen's d at 95% CI were used as effect size estimates, and Q and I Results: Thirty-four RCT studies, including 1,269 patients in the treatment group and 1,072 patients in the control group, 48.4% of whom were women, were included in the study. Compared to the control group, the BDI-II results yielded a moderate effect of yoga on the improvement of depressive symptoms (Cohen's Conclusion: Yoga can improve depressive symptoms and anxiety in patients with MDD and has a safe and wide patient acceptance. Systematic review registration: [https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/], identifier [PROSPERO, CRD42022373282].

Indexed as

anxietydepressionmajor depressive disordersystematic reviewyoga

Identifiers

PMID37032928
PMCPMC10077871
OpenAlexW4360612540

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