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Evidence suggests Yoga mayincreaseSleep quality.
46 studies (64 claims)
Moderate consensus
Study Claims
| Intervention | Direction | Endpoint | Type | Population | Dosage | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 weeks of yoga intervention | Increases - significantly improved | quality of sleep | Human | medical students | — | Impact of 10 Weeks of Yoga Intervention on Mental Health and Overall Well-Being Among Medical Students: GSY Study. |
| yoga or mindfulness interventions | Increases - resulted in a desirable increase | sleep duration | Human | — | Not specified | A Systematic Review of Workplace-Based Employee Health Interventions and Their Impact on Sleep Duration Among Shift Workers.cited 10× |
| online laughter yoga | Decreases - significantly lower posttest PSQI score | sleep quality | Human | menopausal women | Eight online laughter yoga sessions, two sessions per week. | The Effect of Laughter Yoga on Vasomotor Symptoms and Sleep Quality in Menopausal Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial. |
| online laughter yoga | Decreases - statistically significant difference in pretest and posttest PSQI scores | sleep quality | Human | menopausal women | Eight online laughter yoga sessions, two sessions per week. | The Effect of Laughter Yoga on Vasomotor Symptoms and Sleep Quality in Menopausal Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial. |
| yoga nidra | Decreases - alleviate | sleep disturbances | Human | individuals affected by trauma | — | Key Components of Trauma-Informed Yoga Nidra. |
| Yoga Nidra | Increases - has a therapeutic potential to improve | sleep quality | Human | — | Not mentioned | Yoga Nidra, a Nonpharmacological Technique in Management of Insomnia and Overall Health in Postmenopausal Women. |
| Yoga Nidra | Increases - has a therapeutic potential to improve | sleep quantity | Human | — | Not mentioned | Yoga Nidra, a Nonpharmacological Technique in Management of Insomnia and Overall Health in Postmenopausal Women. |
| yoga release therapy (YRT) | Decreases - improvements | sleep disturbance | 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. |
| traditional yoga (TY) | Increases - improvements | sleep | Human | patients on sick leave because of burnout | Group treatment for 3 hours per week plus 4 hours of homework weekly. | Effect of traditional yoga, mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, and cognitive behavioral therapy, on health related quality of life: a randomized controlled trial on patients on sick leave because of burnout.cited 32× |
| yoga therapy | Increases - improved | sleep quality | Human | breast cancer patients | Not specified | Salute to the sun: a new dawn in yoga therapy for breast cancer.cited 10× |
| a 12-week online yoga intervention | Decreases - demonstrated small effects | sleep | 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× |
| mindfulness and yoga | Decreases - preliminary support was found | poor sleep quality and insomnia | Human | pregnant women | Not specified | Interventions for sleep problems during pregnancy: A systematic review.cited 68× |
| MB yoga intervention | Increases - had a statistically significant effect | sleep quality | Human | nurses and HCPs | Not specified. | Holistic Nursing in Practice: Mindfulness-Based Yoga as an Intervention to Manage Stress and Burnout.cited 38× |
| five-week intervention combining Yin yoga with psychoeducation and mindfulness practice (YOMI program) | Decreases - significantly greater pre-post reductions | sleep problems | 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 | sleep problems | 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× |
| yoga exercise | Increases - improved | sleep quality | Human | breast cancer survivors | — | Optimal yoga dose for improving cancer-related fatigue, quality of life, and sleep quality in breast cancer survivors: a Bayesian dose-response meta-analysis. |
| yoga exercise | Increases - has a positively correlated dose-response relationship with | sleep quality | Human | breast cancer survivors | — | Optimal yoga dose for improving cancer-related fatigue, quality of life, and sleep quality in breast cancer survivors: a Bayesian dose-response meta-analysis. |
| yoga exercise | Increases - significantly improved when the dose exceeded | sleep quality | Human | breast cancer survivors | — | Optimal yoga dose for improving cancer-related fatigue, quality of life, and sleep quality in breast cancer survivors: a Bayesian dose-response meta-analysis. |
| yoga exercise | Increases - effects on sleep quality remained relatively stable throughout both periods | sleep quality | Human | breast cancer survivors | — | Optimal yoga dose for improving cancer-related fatigue, quality of life, and sleep quality in breast cancer survivors: a Bayesian dose-response meta-analysis. |
| yoga exercise | Increases - benefits for improving sleep quality decrease with increasing age | sleep quality | Human | breast cancer survivors | — | Optimal yoga dose for improving cancer-related fatigue, quality of life, and sleep quality in breast cancer survivors: a Bayesian dose-response meta-analysis. |
| yoga exercise | Increases - optimal weekly dose to improve | sleep quality | Human | breast cancer survivors | — | Optimal yoga dose for improving cancer-related fatigue, quality of life, and sleep quality in breast cancer survivors: a Bayesian dose-response meta-analysis. |
| Yoga for Cancer Survivors (YOCAS) program | Decreases - is a useful treatment for reducing | sleep medication use | Human | cancer survivors | Two 75-minute sessions per week, including Pranayama Breathing, 16 Gentle Hatha and Restorative yoga asanas, and meditation. | Multicenter, randomized controlled trial of yoga for sleep quality among cancer survivors.cited 184× |
| Yoga for Cancer Survivors (YOCAS) program | Increases - is a useful treatment for improving | sleep quality | Human | cancer survivors | Two 75-minute sessions per week, including Pranayama Breathing, 16 Gentle Hatha and Restorative yoga asanas, and meditation. | Multicenter, randomized controlled trial of yoga for sleep quality among cancer survivors.cited 184× |
| yoga intervention | Increases - demonstrated greater improvements | global sleep quality | Human | cancer survivors | Two 75-minute sessions per week, including Pranayama Breathing, 16 Gentle Hatha and Restorative yoga asanas, and meditation. | Multicenter, randomized controlled trial of yoga for sleep quality among cancer survivors.cited 184× |
| yoga intervention | Increases - demonstrated greater improvements | sleep efficiency | Human | cancer survivors | Two 75-minute sessions per week, including Pranayama Breathing, 16 Gentle Hatha and Restorative yoga asanas, and meditation. | Multicenter, randomized controlled trial of yoga for sleep quality among cancer survivors.cited 184× |
| yoga intervention | Increases - demonstrated greater improvements | subjective sleep quality | Human | cancer survivors | Two 75-minute sessions per week, including Pranayama Breathing, 16 Gentle Hatha and Restorative yoga asanas, and meditation. | Multicenter, randomized controlled trial of yoga for sleep quality among cancer survivors.cited 184× |
| yoga intervention | Decreases - demonstrated greater improvements | wake after sleep onset | Human | cancer survivors | Two 75-minute sessions per week, including Pranayama Breathing, 16 Gentle Hatha and Restorative yoga asanas, and meditation. | Multicenter, randomized controlled trial of yoga for sleep quality among cancer survivors.cited 184× |
| gentle Hatha and Restorative Yoga | Increases - helped improve | sleep quality | Human | younger participants | Gentle Hatha and Restorative Yoga, including mindfulness, performed 2-3 times per week. | The effect of YOCAS©® yoga on cancer-related fatigue and quality of life in older (60+) vs. younger (≤ 59) cancer survivors: Secondary analysis of a nationwide, multicenter, phase 3 randomized controlled trial. |
| gentle Hatha and Restorative Yoga | Increases - helped improve | sleep quality | Human | older participants | Gentle Hatha and Restorative Yoga, including mindfulness, performed 2-3 times per week. | The effect of YOCAS©® yoga on cancer-related fatigue and quality of life in older (60+) vs. younger (≤ 59) cancer survivors: Secondary analysis of a nationwide, multicenter, phase 3 randomized controlled trial. |
| yoga | Increases - may affect cognitive functioning through improved | sleep | 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 - Significant improvement was found in | sleep | Human | patients with autoimmune disorders | — | The Effects of Yoga on the Mental Health of Individuals With Autoimmune Disorders: A Scoping Review. |
| yoga | Increases - can be beneficial | sleep | Human | prisoners | Not available | Prisoner's insomnia prevalence, insomnia associated factors and interventions with sleep as an outcome: a review and narrative analysis.cited 4× |
| yoga | Increases - ameliorates | sleep and fatigue | Human | children and adults undergoing treatment for any cancer type | Not specified | Review of yoga therapy during cancer treatment.cited 60× |
| Yoga | Decreases - had within-group effects on | sleep and pain symptoms | Human | women during menopausal transition and early postmenopause | Not specified | Effects of mind-body therapies on symptom clusters during the menopausal transition.cited 26× |
| yoga | No effect - no differences between groups | sleep deficiency | Human | women with breast cancer | Not specified | Effects of Exercise on Sleep in Women with Breast Cancer: A Systematic Review.cited 14× |
| yoga | No effect - evidence is mixed | sleep disturbances | Human | cancer survivors | Not available | Lifestyle and integrative oncology interventions for cancer-related fatigue and sleep disturbances.cited 4× |
| yoga | Increases - improve | sleep quality | Human | children and adolescents with oncological diseases | Not specified | Yoga, Meditation and Mindfulness in pediatric oncology - A review of literature.cited 8× |
| yoga | Increases - increasing | sleep quality | Human | caregivers of persons with dementia | Not specified | Efficacy of yoga for caregivers of persons with dementia: An integrative review.cited 5× |
| yoga | Increases - significant effects favouring yoga | sleep quality | Human | older adults not characterised by any specific clinical condition | Not specified | The effects of yoga compared to active and inactive controls on physical function and health related quality of life in older adults- systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.cited 104× |
| yoga | No effect - impact | sleep quality | Human | women with first trimester abnormal uterine artery doppler ultrasound | — | Potential Role of Yoga in Improving Risk Factors of Pregnancy Complications Among Pregnant Women with Abnormal First Trimester Uterine Artery Doppler Ultrasound: A Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. |
| yoga | Increases - A significant difference was found | sleep quality | 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. |
| yoga | No effect - have insufficient evidence | sleep-wake disturbance (SWD) | Human | cancer patients | Not available | Sleep-Wake Disturbance: A Systematic Review of Evidence-Based Interventions for Management in Patients With Cancer.cited 23× |
| yoga | Decreases - significant immediate effect | subjective sleep disturbance | Human | patients with cancer | Not specified | Mind-body therapies for sleep disturbance among patients with cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 3× |
| yoga | Decreases - significant immediate effects | wake after sleep onset | Human | patients with cancer | Not specified | Mind-body therapies for sleep disturbance among patients with cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis.cited 3× |
| combined mindfulness and yoga intervention | Decreases - was associated with a greater reduction | sleep problems | Human | soldiers during high-stress training | Not specified | The Effect of a Combined Mindfulness and Yoga Intervention on Soldier Mental Health in Basic Combat Training: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. |
| dynamic yoga + static Benson relaxation | Increases - demonstrated superior outcomes | sleep duration | Human | breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy | 8-week intervention (frequency not specified). | Effects of dynamic and static relaxation therapy on cancer-induced fatigue and sleep disorders in patients with breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy: a randomized control trial. |
| dynamic yoga + static Benson relaxation | Increases - showed significant improvements | sleep quality | Human | breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy | 8-week intervention (frequency not specified). | Effects of dynamic and static relaxation therapy on cancer-induced fatigue and sleep disorders in patients with breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy: a randomized control trial. |
| dynamic yoga + static Benson relaxation | Increases - demonstrated superior outcomes | sleep quality | Human | breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy | 8-week intervention (frequency not specified). | Effects of dynamic and static relaxation therapy on cancer-induced fatigue and sleep disorders in patients with breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy: a randomized control trial. |
| online yoga | Increases - improves | overall sleep quality | Human | breast cancer patients | Twice a week for 45 minutes. | The impact of online yoga on sleep and quality of life in women with breast cancer: a randomized trial.cited 3× |
| online yoga | Increases - improved | sleep quality | Human | breast cancer patients and survivors | Twice a week for 45 minutes. | The impact of online yoga on sleep and quality of life in women with breast cancer: a randomized trial.cited 3× |
| online yoga | Increases - can improve | sleep quality | Human | cancer patients | — | The Effects of Online Yoga Practice on Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review. |
| therapeutic yoga worksite stress reduction program | Increases - showed significantly greater improvements | sleep quality | Human | employee volunteers | Not specified | Effective and viable mind-body stress reduction in the workplace: a randomized controlled trial.cited 190× |
| a 12-week laughter yoga program | Increases - tended to increase | sleep duration | Human | individuals with type 2 diabetes | 12-week laughter yoga program (frequency not specified). | Laughter yoga as an enjoyable therapeutic approach for glycemic control in individuals with type 2 diabetes: A randomized controlled trial.cited 6× |
| qigong, tai chi, and yoga | Increases - Positive effects were also observed for | sleep quality | 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 | Increases - effective in improving | sleep quality | Human | hemodialysis patients | Not specified | Effect of Complementary and Integrative Treatments on Fatigue Symptoms in Hemodialysis Patients: A Systematic Review.cited 4× |
| laughter yoga | Decreases - significant decline in mean PSQI scores | Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) scores | Human | intervention group participants | Weekly laughter yoga sessions. | Effect of Laughter Yoga on Sleep and Quality of Life in Individuals With Fecal Ostomies: A Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 4× |
| laughter yoga | Increases - had a positive effect | sleep quality | Human | individuals with fecal ostomies | Weekly laughter yoga sessions. | Effect of Laughter Yoga on Sleep and Quality of Life in Individuals With Fecal Ostomies: A Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 4× |
| laughter yoga | Decreases - significantly decreased | PMSS subdimension changes in sleep | 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 | Increases - improved | signs of physical and sleep disorders | 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 difference between pre- and post-intervention scores | sleep disturbance | Human | cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy | Four sessions at one-week intervals, each lasting 20-30 minutes. | Effects of laughter yoga on health-related quality of life in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy: a randomized clinical trial.cited 19× |
| laughter yoga | Increases - significantly improved | sleep quality | Human | nurses | Eight sessions of laughter yoga (two days a week for four weeks). | The Effect of Laughter Yoga on the Psychological Resilience and Sleep Quality of Nurses During the Pandemic: A Randomized Controlled Trial.cited 3× |
| Laughter Yoga | Increases - showed patients having improvement in | sleep quality | Human | HD patients | Not specified | Effects of Laughter Yoga on Patients Receiving Hemodialysis: A Systematic Review. |
| laughter yoga | Increases - significantly improved | sleep quality | Human | hemodialysis patients | 30-minute sessions, twice weekly (total 16 sessions). | Effects of laughter yoga on hemodialysis patients' plasma-beta endorphin levels, pain levels and sleep quality: A randomized controlled trial.cited 12× |
| laughter yoga | Increases - significant differences were found in the effectiveness | sleep quality | 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× |