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| Intervention | Direction | Endpoint | Type | Population | Dosage | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mind-body therapies (MBT) such as yoga and Qigong-Baduanjin | Decreases - led to significant reductions | anxiety | Human | university students, aged 18-25 without severe MH conditions | Not specified | Effectiveness of physical activity, mindfulness and mind-body therapies in improving mental health of university students: a systematic review of RCTS.cited 1× |
| Prenatal yoga | Decreases - lower | stress and anxiety levels | Human | expectant mothers | Not specified | The wonders of mind-body practices during pregnancy: A topical review. |
| yoga-only intervention | Decreases - decreased significantly | anxiety symptoms | Human | college students with a diagnosis of anxiety and/or depression | 8-week training (frequency not specified). | A Randomized Controlled Trial of Mindfulness Versus Yoga: Effects on Depression and/or Anxiety in College Students.cited 70× |
| mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) and yoga | Decreases - demonstrated effectiveness in alleviating | depression and anxiety symptoms | Human | — | Thrice-weekly 60-minute sessions. | Virtual reality enhanced mindfulness and yoga intervention for postpartum depression and anxiety in the post COVID era. |
| Virtual Reality (VR)-enhanced mindfulness and yoga intervention | Decreases - demonstrated significant improvements | anxiety symptoms (GAD-7) | Human | postpartum women affected by long COVID | Thrice-weekly 60-minute sessions. | Virtual reality enhanced mindfulness and yoga intervention for postpartum depression and anxiety in the post COVID era. |
| Virtual Reality (VR)-enhanced mindfulness and yoga intervention | Decreases - therapeutic effects significantly greater than those observed in the control and blank groups | depression and anxiety symptoms | Human | postpartum women affected by long COVID | Thrice-weekly 60-minute sessions. | Virtual reality enhanced mindfulness and yoga intervention for postpartum depression and anxiety in the post COVID era. |
| Virtual Reality (VR)-enhanced mindfulness and yoga intervention | No effect - improvements were strongly correlated | depression and anxiety symptoms | Human | postpartum women affected by long COVID | Thrice-weekly 60-minute sessions. | Virtual reality enhanced mindfulness and yoga intervention for postpartum depression and anxiety in the post COVID era. |
| Virtual Reality (VR)-enhanced mindfulness and yoga intervention | Decreases - reduces | postpartum depression and anxiety symptoms | Human | postpartum women in the post-COVID era | Thrice-weekly 60-minute sessions. | Virtual reality enhanced mindfulness and yoga intervention for postpartum depression and anxiety in the post COVID era. |
| mindfulness, meditation, and yoga | No effect - can be safely recommended | anxiety | Human | patients | Not specified | Nonpharmacological Alternatives to Benzodiazepine Drugs for the Treatment of Anxiety in Outpatient Populations: A Literature Review.cited 14× |
| mindfulness yoga intervention | No effect - has no significant effect | anxiety | Human | children with school refusal | — | An exploratory cluster-randomized controlled trial on mindfulness yoga's effectiveness in school-refusing children: reductions in SCAS-C physical injury fears and pulse rate. |
| transdiagnostic group CBT combined with an adjunct therapeutic yoga program | Decreases - showed significantly lower | depressive and anxiety symptoms | Human | adults diagnosed with depression or anxiety in a regional primary mental healthcare service | Not specified | A pragmatic preference trial of therapeutic yoga as an adjunct to group cognitive behaviour therapy versus group CBT alone for depression and anxiety.cited 5× |
| 10 weeks of yoga intervention | Decreases - significant reduction in | anxiety | Human | medical students | — | Impact of 10 Weeks of Yoga Intervention on Mental Health and Overall Well-Being Among Medical Students: GSY Study. |
| Yoga meditation | Decreases - significantly reduced | anxiety | Human | female college students | Not specified | From contemplation to serenity: how yoga meditation improves the mental health of female college students? |
| yoga meditation | Decreases - suggestive of a possible value for treating | symptomatic anxiety | Human | youth | Not specified | Meditation and mindfulness in clinical practice.cited 51× |
| tailored integrated yoga and naturopathy (IYN) intervention including daily neutral arm bath, partial massage, and yoga therapy | Decreases - improvement | anxiety scores | Human | poststroke survivor | — | Functional Recovery and Cognitive Improvement in Poststroke Rehabilitation through Integrated Yoga and Naturopathy Intervention. |
| Yoga Nidra | Decreases - can help in reduction | anxiety | Human | postmenopausal women | Not mentioned | Yoga Nidra, a Nonpharmacological Technique in Management of Insomnia and Overall Health in Postmenopausal Women. |
| laughter yoga sessions twice a week for 6 weeks | Decreases - showed a significant decrease | test anxiety scores | Human | 8th grade students in Turkey | Laughter yoga sessions twice a week. | Impact of Laughter Yoga on Test Anxiety and Education Stress of 8th Grade Students: An Experimental Study.cited 1× |
| laughter yoga | Decreases - was associated with decreased | test anxiety | Human | students | Laughter yoga sessions twice a week. | Impact of Laughter Yoga on Test Anxiety and Education Stress of 8th Grade Students: An Experimental Study.cited 1× |
| mindfulness therapy, meditation and yoga | Decreases - reduce and/or manage | psychological effects of stress and anxiety | Human | — | Not specified | The benefits of yoga in children.cited 22× |
| yoga as a meditative movement practice | Decreases - helping manage | stress and anxiety | Human | school children | Not specified | The benefits of yoga in children.cited 22× |
| yoga | Decreases - improvement in managing and reducing | stress and anxiety | Human | — | Not specified | The benefits of yoga in children.cited 22× |
| yoga | Decreases - effective modality for helping cope | stress and anxiety | Human | children | Not specified | The benefits of yoga in children.cited 22× |
| yoga release therapy (YRT) | Decreases - improvements | anxiety | Human | A 40-year-old female with chronic right-sided thoracolumbar and posterior ribcage, abdominal wall, and anterior hip pain | Not specified | The Synchronous Application of Yoga and Myofascial Release Therapy for Musculoskeletal Pain: A Case Report. |
| mindfulness yoga program | Decreases - significantly better improvement | anxiety | Human | patients with mild-to-moderate Parkinson disease | Mindfulness yoga was delivered in 90-minute group sessions, and SRTE in 60-minute group sessions, both for 8 weeks. | Effects of Mindfulness Yoga vs Stretching and Resistance Training Exercises on Anxiety and Depression for People With Parkinson Disease: A Randomized Clinical Trial.cited 199× |
| mindfulness yoga program | Decreases - reduction in | anxiety | Human | patients with mild-to-moderate Parkinson disease | Mindfulness yoga was delivered in 90-minute group sessions, and SRTE in 60-minute group sessions, both for 8 weeks. | Effects of Mindfulness Yoga vs Stretching and Resistance Training Exercises on Anxiety and Depression for People With Parkinson Disease: A Randomized Clinical Trial.cited 199× |
| yoga therapy | Decreases - improved | anxiety | Human | breast cancer patients | Not specified | Salute to the sun: a new dawn in yoga therapy for breast cancer.cited 10× |
| a universal, school-based mindfulness and yoga program | Decreases - decreased | Anxiety and depression symptoms | Human | youth aged 11-14 in a racially diverse, urban setting in the United States | Not specified | Effect of Yoga and Mindfulness Intervention on Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression in Young Adolescents Attending Middle School: A Pragmatic Community-Based Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial in a Racially Diverse Urban Setting.cited 11× |
| a universal, school-based mindfulness and yoga program | No effect - differences were not statistically significant | Anxiety and depression symptoms | Human | youth aged 11-14 in a racially diverse, urban setting in the United States | Not specified | Effect of Yoga and Mindfulness Intervention on Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression in Young Adolescents Attending Middle School: A Pragmatic Community-Based Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial in a Racially Diverse Urban Setting.cited 11× |
| a 12-week online yoga intervention | Decreases - demonstrated small effects | anxiety | Human | MPN patients | 60 minutes per week of yoga | Online yoga in myeloproliferative neoplasm patients: results of a randomized pilot trial to inform future research.cited 54× |
| Yoga protocol | Decreases - can combine | mindfulness-based alleviation of anxiety | Human | working and non-working women | Not specified | Potential benefits of Yoga in pregnancy-related complications during the COVID-19 pandemic and implications for working women.cited 12× |
| Yoga | Decreases - can be effective for combating | anxiety | Human | pregnant working women confronted with the COVID-19 pandemic | Not specified | Potential benefits of Yoga in pregnancy-related complications during the COVID-19 pandemic and implications for working women.cited 12× |
| mindfulness and yoga | Decreases - had excellent effects against | anxiety | Human | breast cancer patients | Not available | A systematic review and meta-analysis of interventions to reduce perceived stress in breast cancer patients.cited 4× |
| nondrug interventions, such as mindfulness and yoga | Decreases - effectively reduce | anxiety | Human | breast cancer patients | Not available | A systematic review and meta-analysis of interventions to reduce perceived stress in breast cancer patients.cited 4× |
| five-week intervention combining Yin yoga with psychoeducation and mindfulness practice (YOMI program) | Decreases - significantly greater pre-post reductions | anxiety | Human | middle-aged adults who self-report as moderately to highly stressed, but who otherwise exhibit no physical complaints | Five-week intervention (specific frequency not detailed in abstract). | Five-week yin yoga-based interventions decreased plasma adrenomedullin and increased psychological health in stressed adults: A randomized controlled trial.cited 14× |
| five-week Yin yoga intervention | Decreases - significantly greater pre-post reductions | anxiety | Human | middle-aged adults who self-report as moderately to highly stressed, but who otherwise exhibit no physical complaints | Five-week intervention (specific frequency not detailed in abstract). | Five-week yin yoga-based interventions decreased plasma adrenomedullin and increased psychological health in stressed adults: A randomized controlled trial.cited 14× |
| virtual 6-week Standardized Yoga and Meditation Program for Stress Reduction (SYMPro-SR) program | Decreases - significantly decreased | SCARED anxiety subscale scores | Human | Youth aged 12-21 years with IBS | Not specified (6-week virtual program). | Standardized Yoga and Meditation Program for Stress Reduction (SYMPro-SR) for Adolescents with Irritable Bowel Syndrome. |
| virtual 6-week Standardized Yoga and Meditation Program for Stress Reduction (SYMPro-SR) program | Increases - trend for improved outcomes | SCARED separation anxiety subscale scores | Human | Youth aged 12-21 years with IBS | Not specified (6-week virtual program). | Standardized Yoga and Meditation Program for Stress Reduction (SYMPro-SR) for Adolescents with Irritable Bowel Syndrome. |
| PMR + yoga | Decreases - lower mean scores | Anxiety sub-dimension | Human | university students with premenstrual syndrome (PMS) | Not specified | The effects of yoga and progressive muscle relaxation exercises on premenstrual syndrome: a randomized controlled trial.cited 2× |
| yoga | Decreases - lower mean scores | Anxiety sub-dimension | Human | university students with premenstrual syndrome (PMS) | Not specified | The effects of yoga and progressive muscle relaxation exercises on premenstrual syndrome: a randomized controlled trial.cited 2× |
| yoga intervention | Decreases - reducing related symptoms | anxiety | Human | female adolescents (ages 16-17 years) from Bengaluru, South India | — | Development, Validation, and Feasibility of Yoga Intervention Module for Optimizing Safe Use of Screen Time: A Pilot Study. |
| yoga | Decreases - reduces | anxiety | Human | — | — | Development, Validation, and Feasibility of Yoga Intervention Module for Optimizing Safe Use of Screen Time: A Pilot Study. |
| yoga intervention | No effect - Differences in reduced | anxiety scores | Human | people with symptoms of depression and/or anxiety | Not specified (6-week yoga intervention). | INDIVIDUALIZED YOGA FOR REDUCING DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY, AND IMPROVING WELL-BEING: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL.cited 46× |
| yoga intervention | No effect - secondary outcomes comprise immediate change in | state anxiety | Human | 108 HCWs aged 19-60 years | — | Efficacy of a 4-week yoga module on the sympatho-vagal balance among healthcare workers in a tertiary care hospital: a randomised controlled trial. |
| yoga therapy plus psychoeducation | Decreases - significant reduction | anxiety | Human | persons with epilepsy | Not specified (yoga therapy plus psychoeducation for 3 months). | Effectiveness of Yoga Intervention in Reducing Felt Stigma in Adults With Epilepsy: A Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 7× |
| yoga-supported childbirth preparation training | Increases - significantly higher | state anxiety level | Human | pregnant women | — | The Effect of Childbirth Preparation Training with Yoga Support on Salivary Cortisol, Anxiety, Fear of Childbirth, and Readiness. |
| Kundalini yoga (KY) | Decreases - are effective treatment options | generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) | Human | individuals with generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) | Not specified | Effect of cognitive behavioural therapy and yoga for generalised anxiety disorder on sleep quality in a randomised controlled trial: the role of worry, mindfulness, and perceived stress as mediators.cited 2× |
| Yoga | Decreases - Significant improvement was found in | anxiety | Human | patients with autoimmune disorders | — | The Effects of Yoga on the Mental Health of Individuals With Autoimmune Disorders: A Scoping Review. |
| yoga | Decreases - can relieve | anxiety | Human | cancer patients | Not specified | Integrative Medicine Therapies for Pain Management in Cancer Patients.cited 82× |
| yoga | Decreases - had a greater decrease | anxiety | Human | prenatally depressed women | Twice weekly 20-minute sessions. | Yoga and massage therapy reduce prenatal depression and prematurity.cited 101× |
| yoga | Decreases - most effective | anxiety | Human | women during pregnancy | Not specified | Non-pharmacological interventions to reduce anxiety in pregnancy, labour and postpartum: A systematic review.cited 39× |
| Yoga | Increases - had moderate/good quality evidence for | anxiety | Human | — | Not specified | Scoping review of systematic reviews of complementary medicine for musculoskeletal and mental health conditions.cited 40× |
| yoga | Decreases - may be effective in reducing | anxiety | Human | children and adolescents with asthma | Not specified | An Integrative Review of Yoga and Mindfulness-Based Approaches for Children and Adolescents with Asthma.cited 5× |
| yoga | Decreases - decrease | anxiety | Human | children and adolescents with oncological diseases | Not specified | Yoga, Meditation and Mindfulness in pediatric oncology - A review of literature.cited 8× |
| yoga | Decreases - alleviates | anxiety | Human | — | Not specified | A narrative review on yoga: a potential intervention for augmenting immunomodulation and mental health in COVID-19.cited 10× |
| yoga | Decreases - reductions | anxiety | Human | healthcare workers | Not specified | Workplace interventions to improve well-being and reduce burnout for nurses, physicians and allied healthcare professionals: a systematic review.cited 105× |
| yoga | Decreases - may be useful in reducing | anxiety | Human | caregivers of persons with dementia | Not specified | Efficacy of yoga for caregivers of persons with dementia: An integrative review.cited 5× |
| yoga | Decreases - recommended for treating symptoms | anxiety | Human | adults living with cancer during active treatment | Not specified | Integrative Oncology Care of Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression in Adults With Cancer: Society for Integrative Oncology-ASCO Guideline.cited 68× |
| yoga | Decreases - recommended for treating symptoms | anxiety | Human | adults living with cancer after cancer treatment | Not specified | Integrative Oncology Care of Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression in Adults With Cancer: Society for Integrative Oncology-ASCO Guideline.cited 68× |
| yoga | Decreases - significant reductions in | anxiety | Human | participants with elevated fasting blood glucose in Bangalore, India | Monitored walking 3-6 days per week. | A yoga intervention for type 2 diabetes risk reduction: a pilot randomized controlled trial.cited 62× |
| yoga | Decreases - Improvements were seen | anxiety | Human | — | Not specified | Yoga as a Therapy for Irritable Bowel Syndrome.cited 22× |
| yoga | Decreases - Improvements were seen | gastrointestinal-specific anxiety | Human | — | Not specified | Yoga as a Therapy for Irritable Bowel Syndrome.cited 22× |
| yoga | Decreases - Significant improvements were observed in | anxiety | Human | dementia caregivers | — | Mental health outcomes in dementia caregivers: a systematic review of yoga-based interventions. |
| yoga | Decreases - Recommendations for | anxiety | Human | — | Not specified | Treatment of anxiety disorders in clinical practice: a critical overview of recent systematic evidence.cited 9× |
| yoga | Decreases - resulted effective | anxiety and depression | Human | participants with cancer, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and other health conditions | Not specified | Cognitive impairment, anxiety and depression: a map of Cochrane evidence relevant to rehabilitation for people with post COVID-19 condition.cited 11× |
| yoga | Decreases - generally effective in reducing | anxiety and depression | Human | pregnant women | Not specified | Efficacy, Feasibility, and Acceptability of Perinatal Yoga on Women's Mental Health and Well-Being: A Systematic Literature Review.cited 29× |
| yoga | No effect - investigate the effects | anxiety and depression | Human | PD patients | 90-minute weekly sessions of meditation or yoga for 8 weeks. | A randomized controlled trial on the effects and acceptability of individual mindfulness techniques - meditation and yoga - on anxiety and depression in people with Parkinson's disease: a study protocol.cited 3× |
| Yoga | Decreases - recommended for routine use | anxiety and mood disorders | Human | breast cancer patients | Not specified | Clinical practice guidelines on the use of integrative therapies as supportive care in patients treated for breast cancer. |
| Yoga | Decreases - recommended for routine use | anxiety and mood disorders | Human | breast cancer patients | Not specified | Clinical practice guidelines on the use of integrative therapies as supportive care in patients treated for breast cancer. |
| yoga | Decreases - reduction | anxiety associated with tinnitus | Human | — | Not specified. | Effect of yoga and meditation on tinnitus: a systematic review.cited 5× |
| yoga | No effect - practiced | anxiety disorders | Human | individuals with anxiety disorders in India | Not specified | Cultural aspects of anxiety disorders in India.cited 12× |
| yoga | Increases - facilitates treatment | anxiety disorders, particularly panic disorder | Human | — | Not specified | Depression and Anxiety Disorders: Benefits of Exercise, Yoga, and Meditation.cited 142× |
| Yoga | Decreases - significantly reduced | anxiety symptom | Human | adults (≥ 50 years old) with PD | Not specified | Efficacy and evaluation of therapeutic exercises on adults with Parkinson's disease: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.cited 30× |
| Yoga | No effect - no evidence of a reduction in depression and anxiety | depression and anxiety | Human | pregnant women with depression or anxiety | Not specified | The effect of complementary medicines and therapies on maternal anxiety and depression in pregnancy: A systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 46× |
| Yoga | Decreases - reduces | performance anxiety | HumanAnimalMolecular | adolescent musicians | Not specified (varies by study) | 2013 SYR Accepted Poster Abstracts. |
| Kundalini Yoga Therapy | No effect - versus | generalized anxiety disorder and co-occurring mood disorder | HumanAnimalMolecular | — | Not specified (varies by study) | 2013 SYR Accepted Poster Abstracts. |
| yoga | Decreases - decreased | state and trait anxiety | Human | participants post-stroke | Not mentioned. | Complementary and integrative health interventions in post-stroke rehabilitation: a systematic PRISMA review.cited 11× |
| Yoga | Decreases - beneficial in reducing | state anxiety symptoms | Human | chronic survivors of stroke | Not specified | Determining the potential benefits of yoga in chronic stroke care: a systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 23× |
| Yoga | Decreases - Consistent but nonsignificant improvements were demonstrated for | trait anxiety | Human | chronic survivors of stroke | Not specified | Determining the potential benefits of yoga in chronic stroke care: a systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 23× |
| 24 weeks of add-on yoga therapy | Decreases - significant between-group improvements | anxiety scores | Human | patients diagnosed with somatoform pain disorders (SPDs) | — | The efficacy of add-on yoga intervention in somatoform pain disorders: An open-label controlled trial. |
| mindfulness yoga | Decreases - may help alleviate | anxiety | Human | early-stage breast cancer patients | Not specified | Effect of mindfulness yoga on anxiety and depression in early breast cancer patients received adjuvant chemotherapy: a randomized clinical trial.cited 38× |
| mindfulness yoga treatment | Decreases - had a better prognosis | anxiety | Human | early-stage breast cancer patients | Not specified | Effect of mindfulness yoga on anxiety and depression in early breast cancer patients received adjuvant chemotherapy: a randomized clinical trial.cited 38× |
| mindfulness yoga | Decreases - improve | anxiety | Human | children with school refusal | Not specified (program distributed on DVD, frequency implied as daily). | The Effect of Mindfulness Yoga in Children With School Refusal: A Study Protocol for an Exploratory, Cluster-Randomized, Open, Standard Care-Controlled, Multicenter Clinical Trial.cited 5× |
| mindfulness yoga | Decreases - reduce | anxiety | Human | children with school refusal | Not specified (program distributed on DVD, frequency implied as daily). | The Effect of Mindfulness Yoga in Children With School Refusal: A Study Protocol for an Exploratory, Cluster-Randomized, Open, Standard Care-Controlled, Multicenter Clinical Trial.cited 5× |
| mindfulness yoga | Decreases - could alleviate | anxiety level | Human | MDD patients | Not specified | The effectiveness of mindfulness yoga on patients with major depressive disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.cited 7× |
| online yoga | Decreases - moderate effects on | anxiety | Human | cancer patients | — | The Effects of Online Yoga Practice on Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review. |
| hatha yoga | No effect - no statistically significant between-group differences | anxiety | Human | adolescents | Not specified | A Randomized Controlled Trial Examining the Effect of Mindfulness Meditation on Working Memory Capacity in Adolescents.cited 68× |
| health education-based yoga & naturopathy lifestyle intervention group (HYNLG) | Decreases - significant improvement | anxiety reduction | Human | patients with non-communicable diseases | Not specified (massage therapy was part of a 10-day inpatient regimen alongside other therapies). | Effect of health education-based yoga & naturopathy lifestyle interventions on personality of patients with non-communicable diseases: A randomized controlled trial.cited 2× |
| Tai Chi or Yoga | Decreases - lower | somatic anxiety | Human | female university employees and faculty members | 10 sessions (frequency not specified). | Promoting workplace psychological wellbeing through Yoga and Tai Chi classes in female university employees. |
| Tai Chi or Yoga | Decreases - reduction | state anxiety | Human | female university employees and faculty members | 10 sessions (frequency not specified). | Promoting workplace psychological wellbeing through Yoga and Tai Chi classes in female university employees. |
| qigong, tai chi, and yoga | Decreases - Positive effects were also observed for | anxiety | Human | adults with CFS or PCS | Not specified | Exploring the Effects of Qigong, Tai Chi, and Yoga on Fatigue, Mental Health, and Sleep Quality in Chronic Fatigue and Post-COVID Syndromes: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis.cited 2× |
| yoga practice | Decreases - effective in reducing | anxiety | Human | hemodialysis patients | Not specified | Effect of Complementary and Integrative Treatments on Fatigue Symptoms in Hemodialysis Patients: A Systematic Review.cited 4× |
| mindfulness-based online yoga | Decreases - hypothesise better outcomes | generalised anxiety | Human | intervention group | 1 hour per week of mindfulness-based online yoga. | Study protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial evaluating the efficacy of an online yoga intervention in high-grade glioma patients and their caregivers: the YINOTA-O-trial. |
| mindfulness-based online yoga | Decreases - significant effect detections | Generalised Anxiety Disorder scale-7 | Human | patients | 1 hour per week of mindfulness-based online yoga. | Study protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial evaluating the efficacy of an online yoga intervention in high-grade glioma patients and their caregivers: the YINOTA-O-trial. |
| mindfulness-based online yoga | Decreases - significant effect detections | Generalised Anxiety Disorder scale-7 | Human | caregivers | 1 hour per week of mindfulness-based online yoga. | Study protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial evaluating the efficacy of an online yoga intervention in high-grade glioma patients and their caregivers: the YINOTA-O-trial. |
| laughter yoga intervention | Decreases - proved effective in improving | anxiety | Human | aged individuals | Laughter yoga sessions twice a week for eight weeks (specific duration per session not stated). | The effect of laughter yoga and music intervention on depression, anxiety, and stress in the Rafsanjan-Iran aged: a randomized clinical trial study. |
| laughter yoga intervention | Decreases - significant decrease | anxiety symptoms | Human | depressed aged participants | Laughter yoga sessions twice a week for eight weeks (specific duration per session not stated). | The effect of laughter yoga and music intervention on depression, anxiety, and stress in the Rafsanjan-Iran aged: a randomized clinical trial study. |
| yoga interventions | Decreases - largely reduced | anxiety | Human | adults with cancer | — | Effect of Yoga on Psychological and Spiritual Outcomes in Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials with Meta-Regression. |
| laughter yoga (LY) | Decreases - effective intervention in reducing | anxiety | Human | retired women | Twice weekly LY sessions. | The impact of laughter yoga on depression and anxiety among retired women: a randomized controlled clinical trial.cited 12× |
| laughter yoga (LY) | Decreases - significant difference in the pattern of | anxiety scores | Human | retired women in city of Bojnurd, Iran | Twice weekly LY sessions. | The impact of laughter yoga on depression and anxiety among retired women: a randomized controlled clinical trial.cited 12× |
| laughter Yoga | Decreases - lowered | anxiety and depression | Human | students | Eight 1-hour sessions (two sessions per week). | The effect of laughter Yoga on general health among nursing students.cited 33× |
| laughter yoga | Decreases - significant differences were found in the effectiveness | death anxiety | Human | older adults | Not specified | A systematic review of the effect of laughter yoga on physical function and psychosocial outcomes in older adults.cited 16× |
| laughter yoga | Increases - appeared to improve | longer-term anxiety | Human | patients awaiting organ transplantation | 20-minute sessions, 10 sessions over 4 weeks. | Effect of laughter yoga on mood and heart rate variability in patients awaiting organ transplantation: a pilot study.cited 25× |
| laughter yoga | Decreases - significantly lower | mean scores of state anxiety | Human | undergraduate nursing students | Not specified (laughter yoga sessions before simulation training). | The effect of laughter yoga applied before simulation training on state anxiety, perceived stress levels, self-confidence and satisfaction in undergraduate nursing students: A pragmatic randomized controlled trial.cited 8× |
| laughter yoga | Decreases - helped reduce | state anxiety | Human | nursing students | Not specified (laughter yoga sessions before simulation training). | The effect of laughter yoga applied before simulation training on state anxiety, perceived stress levels, self-confidence and satisfaction in undergraduate nursing students: A pragmatic randomized controlled trial.cited 8× |
| laughter yoga | Decreases - significant group*time interaction | state anxiety scores | Human | undergraduate nursing students | Not specified (laughter yoga sessions before simulation training). | The effect of laughter yoga applied before simulation training on state anxiety, perceived stress levels, self-confidence and satisfaction in undergraduate nursing students: A pragmatic randomized controlled trial.cited 8× |
| laughter yoga | Decreases - significantly decreased | PMSS subdimension anxiety | Human | female students with PMS | Twice-weekly 30-minute group sessions of laughter yoga and deep breathing. | Effects of Laughter Yoga on Premenstrual Symptoms. |
| laughter yoga | Decreases - decreased | severity of anxiety | Human | patients with IBS | Not specified | Comparison of Laughter Yoga and Anti-Anxiety Medication on Anxiety and Gastrointestinal Symptoms of Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome.cited 11× |
| adapted yoga | Decreases - decreased | consequential anxiety | Human | ICD recipients | Weekly classes and home practice (specific duration/frequency not detailed beyond the 8-week program). | Psychosocial and cardiac outcomes of yoga for ICD patients: a randomized clinical control trial.cited 35× |
| adapted yoga | Decreases - decreased | total shock anxiety | Human | ICD recipients | Weekly classes and home practice (specific duration/frequency not detailed beyond the 8-week program). | Psychosocial and cardiac outcomes of yoga for ICD patients: a randomized clinical control trial.cited 35× |
| Vinyasa Yoga and mat Pilates classes | Decreases - decreased | anxiety | Human | women in residential rehabilitation for substance use disorder with chronic pain | 1 hour of mat Pilates weekly. | Yoga & Pilates for those with chronic pain: A pilot study among women in substance use rehabilitation. |