Utilizing Yoga in oncologic patients treated with radiotherapy: Review

Purpose: Several trials on noncancer population indicate that yoga is associated with meaningful clinical effects. This study evaluated the physical and psychosocial outcomes of yoga in oncologic patients treated with radiotherapy. Methods: We focused on a research through Cochrane Register of Contr...

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Published inIndian journal of palliative care Vol. 24; no. 3; pp. 355 - 358
Main Authors Tolia, Maria, Tsoukalas, Nikolaos, Nikolaou, Michail, Mosa, Eftychia, Nazos, Ioannis, Poultsidi, Antigoni, Hajiioannou, Jiannis, Tsanadis, Konstantinos, Spyropoulou, Despoina, Charalampakis, Nikolaos, Kardamakis, Dimitrios, Kouloulias, Vasileios, Pistevou-Gombaki, Kyriaki, Kyrgias, George
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Wolters Kluwer India Pvt. Ltd 01.07.2018
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Subjects
Anxiety
Breast cancer
Cancer patients
Cancer therapies
Care and treatment
Clinical trials
Health aspects
Intervention
Mental depression
Mental health
Patient outcomes
Psychological aspects
Radiation therapy
Radiotherapy
Sleep
Stress
Systematic review
Yoga
Asia
yoga
Radiotherapy
review
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Summary:Purpose: Several trials on noncancer population indicate that yoga is associated with meaningful clinical effects. This study evaluated the physical and psychosocial outcomes of yoga in oncologic patients treated with radiotherapy. Methods: We focused on a research through Cochrane Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), BioMed Central, and MEDLINE studies up to May 2017. Results: Yoga was found to have a substantial benefit in cancer patients' distress, anxiety, and depression. It also demonstrated a moderate impact on fatigue and emotional function and a small and insignificant effect on functional well-being and sleep disturbances. As far as the effects on psychological outcomes are concerned, there was insufficient evidence. Conclusions: This systematic review of randomized controlled trials showed that yoga has strong beneficial effects on oncologic patients' quality of life. Results of the current review must be interpreted with caution due to the relative small sample sizes of most of the included studies, while a prospective randomized study stands in need for the confirmation of our results.
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These authors contributed equally to the study
ISSN:0973-1075
1998-3735
DOI:10.4103/IJPC.IJPC_112_17