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Yoga for persistent fatigue in breast cancer survivors: A randomized controlled trial
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BACKGROUND: Cancer-related fatigue afflicts up to 33% of breast cancer survivors, yet there are no empirically validated treatments for this symptom. METHODS: The authors conducted a 2-group randomized controlled trial to determine the feasibility and efficacy of an Iyengar yoga intervention for breast cancer survivors with persistent post-treatment fatigue. Participants were breast cancer survivors who had completed cancer treatments (other than endocrine therapy) at least 6 months before enrollment, reported significant cancer-related fatigue, and had no other medical conditions that would account for fatigue symptoms or interfere with yoga practice. Block randomization was used to assign participants to a 12-week, Iyengar-based yoga intervention or to 12 weeks of health education (control). The primary outcome was change in fatigue measured at baseline, immediately post-treatment, and 3 months after treatment completion. Additional outcomes included changes in vigor, depressive symptoms, sleep, perceived stress, and physical performance. Intent-to-treat analyses were conducted with all randomized participants using linear mixed models. RESULTS: Thirty-one women were randomly assigned to yoga (n = 16) or health education (n = 15). Fatigue severity declined significantly from baseline to post-treatment and over a 3-month follow-up in the yoga group relative to controls (P = .032). In addition, the yoga group had significant increases in vigor relative to controls (P = .011). Both groups had positive changes in depressive symptoms and perceived stress (P < .05). No significant changes in sleep or physical performance were observed. CONCLUSIONS: A targeted yoga intervention led to significant improvements in fatigue and vigor among breast cancer survivors with persistent fatigue symptoms.
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“Although the positive effects of yoga on patients’ psychological well-being have long been known [55,56,57,58,59] the study conducted in this project showed that cancer patients could successfully practice vinyasa yoga.”
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“The analyses showed that yoga intervention targeted at improving fatigue might be a feasible and effective treatment for breast cancer survivors with persistent cancer-related fatigue [57].”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Bower, J. E., Garet, D., Sternlieb, B., Ganz, P. A., Irwin, M. R., Olmstead, R., & Greendale, G.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- Corresponding author
- Bower, Julienne E.
- Venue
- Cancer
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2011-12-16
- Volume
- 118
- Issue
- 15
- Pages
- 3766-3775
- ISSN
- 0008-543X (ISSN-L)
- 1097-0142
- PMC
- PMC3601551
- OpenAlex
- W2060507602
- Cited by
- 352
- References
- 51
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- FWCI
- 10.72
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- europepmc.org
- Locations
- Cancer (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (UL1TR000124)
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
- National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (U01AT003682)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer survivorship and care
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer-related cognitive impairment studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Keywords
- Iyengar yoga, breast cancer survivors, cancer-related fatigue, post-treatment fatigue, yoga intervention, health education, depressive symptoms, perceived stress, vigor, sleep, physical performance
- MeSH terms
- Attitude, Breast Neoplasms, Fatigue, Female, Humans, Middle Aged, Yoga, Treatment Outcome, Survivors
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