Yoga-based interventions may reduce anxiety symptoms in anxiety disorders and depression symptoms in depressive disorders: a systematic review with meta-analysis and meta-regression

Objective To summarise the effect of mind–body exercises on anxiety and depression symptoms in adults with anxiety or depressive disorders. Design Systematic review with meta- analysis and meta- regression. Data sources Five electronic databases were searched from inception to July 2022. Manual sear...

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Autores: Martínez Calderón, Javier, Casuso-Holgado, María Jesús, Muñoz Fernández, María Jesús, Garcia Muñoz, Cristina, Heredia Rizo, Alberto Marcos
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/160827
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/160827
https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2022-106497
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Yoga based interventions
Anxiety
Depression
Depressive disorders
Meta analysis
Meta regression
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Sumario:Objective To summarise the effect of mind–body exercises on anxiety and depression symptoms in adults with anxiety or depressive disorders. Design Systematic review with meta- analysis and meta- regression. Data sources Five electronic databases were searched from inception to July 2022. Manual searches were conducted to explore clinical trial protocols, secondary analyses of clinical trials and related systematic reviews. Eligibility criteria Randomised clinical trials evaluating qigong, tai chi or yoga styles with anxiety or depression symptoms as the outcomes were included. No intervention, waitlist or active controls were considered as control groups. The risk of bias and the certainty of the evidence were assessed. Meta- analyses, meta- regressions and sensitivity analyses were performed. Results 23 studies, comprising 22 different samples (n=1420), were included. Overall, meta- analyses showed yoga interventions were superior to controls in reducing anxiety symptoms in anxiety disorders. Furthermore, yoga- based interventions decreased depression symptoms in depressive disorders after conducting sensitivity analyses. No differences between groups were found in the rest of the comparisons. However, the certainty of the evidence was judged as very low for all outcomes due to concerns of high risk of bias, indirectness of the evidence, inconsistency and imprecision of the results. In addition, there was marked heterogeneity among yoga- based interventions and self- reported tools used to evaluate the outcomes of interest. Conclusion Although yoga- based interventions may help to improve mental health in adults diagnosed with anxiety or depressive disorders, methodological improvements are needed to advance the quality of clinical trials in this field.