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Evidence suggests Yoga mayincreaseMood.
17 studies (20 claims)
Moderate consensus
Study Claims
| Intervention | Direction | Endpoint | Type | Population | Dosage | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| laughter yoga activities (LY) program | Decreases - significantly lower | negative mood | Human | older people living in residential aged care homes (RACHs) | Not specified (6-week program, frequency not detailed). | Laughter yoga activities for older people living in residential aged care homes: A feasibility study.cited 19× |
| laughter yoga activities (LY) program | Increases - significantly higher | positive mood | Human | older people living in residential aged care homes (RACHs) | Not specified (6-week program, frequency not detailed). | Laughter yoga activities for older people living in residential aged care homes: A feasibility study.cited 19× |
| 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 | No effect - did not emerge for the remaining outcomes | emotional self-regulation, perceived stress, mood impairment, impulsivity, substance use willingness, and actual substance use | Human | Seventh-grade students in a public school | 32 sessions of yoga in place of regular physical education classes. | Evaluation of Yoga for Preventing Adolescent Substance Use Risk Factors in a Middle School Setting: A Preliminary Group-Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 53× |
| yoga | Increases - may affect cognitive functioning through improved | mood | Human | persons with MCI or dementia | Not specified | The Effects of Yoga on Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia: A Scoping Review.cited 36× |
| yoga | Increases - improves | mood | Human | women with breast cancer | Three 30-minute yoga sessions weekly (including movement, breath work, mindfulness, and relaxation). | Yoga Therapy During Chemotherapy for Early-Stage and Locally Advanced Breast Cancer.cited 9× |
| yoga | Decreases - can relieve | mood changes | Human | cancer patients | Not specified | Integrative Medicine Therapies for Pain Management in Cancer Patients.cited 82× |
| yoga | Decreases - reduces | negative mood | Human | non-smoking populations | Twice-weekly yoga sessions. | Testing the efficacy of yoga as a complementary therapy for smoking cessation: design and methods of the BreathEasy trial.cited 11× |
| yoga | Decreases - A significant difference was found | negative mood | Human | mothers in the yoga group | — | Effect of Yoga on Mother's Stress and Sleep Quality of Mother and Child, Mother's Feeding Attitude, and Child's Feeding Behavior: A Randomized Controlled Trial. |
| supervised yoga program | Decreases - may decrease | mood symptoms | Human | adults with CNNP | Not specified | Therapeutic Yoga for the Management of Chronic Nonspecific Neck Pain: Current Evidence and Mechanisms.cited 3× |
| 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 practice | Increases - improves | mood | Human | — | Not specified | Yoga as a complementary treatment for smoking cessation: rationale, study design and participant characteristics of the Quitting-in-Balance study.cited 25× |
| laughter yoga | Increases - showed improved | immediate mood (vigor-activity and friendliness) | 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 | Increases - generally improve | mood | Human | physically healthy adults | One 45-minute Laughter Yoga session. | Laughter Yoga, Adults Living With Parkinson׳s Disease, and Caregivers: A Pilot Study.cited 13× |
| Laughter Yoga | Increases - improve | mood | Human | adults with heart disease or cancer | One 45-minute Laughter Yoga session. | Laughter Yoga, Adults Living With Parkinson׳s Disease, and Caregivers: A Pilot Study.cited 13× |
| Laughter Yoga | Increases - showed patients having improvement in | mood | Human | HD patients | Not specified | Effects of Laughter Yoga on Patients Receiving Hemodialysis: A Systematic Review. |
| laughter yoga | Increases - significant differences were found in the effectiveness | mood | 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 - non-significant increases | mood | Human | patients with end stage kidney disease in a dialysis setting | 30-minute sessions, three times per week. | Intradialytic Laughter Yoga therapy for haemodialysis patients: a pre-post intervention feasibility study.cited 25× |
| Vinyasa Yoga and mat Pilates classes | Increases - primarily heightened | mood | 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. |
| Vinyasa Yoga and mat Pilates classes | Increases - improvement | mood | Human | Participants | 1 hour of mat Pilates weekly. | Yoga & Pilates for those with chronic pain: A pilot study among women in substance use rehabilitation. |