Mindfulness-based yoga intervention for women with depression
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Objectives The purpose of this study was to examine the efficacy of a 12-week mindfulness-based yoga intervention on depressive symptoms and rumination among depressed women.Design Prospective, randomized, controlled 12 week intervention pilot study. Depressive symptoms were assessed at baseline, post-intervention (12 weeks), and one-month follow-up.Setting Women with a history of diagnosed depression and currently depressed were randomized to a mindfulness-based yoga condition or a walking control.Interventions The mindfulness-based yoga intervention consisted of a home-based yoga asana, pranayama and meditation practice with mindfulness education sessions delivered over the telephone. The walking control condition consisted of home-based walking sessions and health education sessions delivered over the phone.Main outcome measures The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and Ruminative Responses Scale (RRS).Results Both groups reported decreases in depressive symptoms from baseline to post-intervention, f(1,33)=34.83, p<0.001, and from baseline to one-month follow-up, f(1,33)=37.01, p<0.001. After controlling for baseline, there were no significant between group differences on depression scores at post-intervention and the one-month follow-up assessment. The mindfulness-based yoga condition reported significantly lower levels of rumination than the control condition at post-intervention, after controlling for baseline levels of rumination, f(1,31)=6.23, p<0.01.Conclusions These findings suggest that mindfulness-based yoga may provide tools to manage ruminative thoughts among women with elevated depressive symptoms. Future studies, with larger samples are needed to address the effect of yoga on depression and further explore the impact on rumination.
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Three included studies were from the USA.
“Three studies were from the USA [54–56]”
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One study provided a DVD for home-based guidance.
“only one study provided a DVD for home-based guidance [55]”
From The effectiveness of mindfulness yoga on patients with major depressive disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (2023) · cites this paper as [55]
Body scan was regarded as a form of relaxation, practiced from the toes to the top of the head.
“mindful practice of the body parts, also called body scan, was regarded as a form of relaxation, an approach practiced from the toes to the top of the head [55, 60].”
From The effectiveness of mindfulness yoga on patients with major depressive disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (2023) · cites this paper as [55]
Six participants within Schuver's study had incomplete assessments after the intervention.
“Six participants within Schuver’s [55] study had incomplete assessments after the intervention.”
From The effectiveness of mindfulness yoga on patients with major depressive disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (2023) · cites this paper as [55]
Mindfulness of body, mind, thoughts, emotions and eating were involved within studies.
“Mindfulness of body, mind, thoughts, emotions and even eating were also involved within studies [55].”
From The effectiveness of mindfulness yoga on patients with major depressive disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (2023) · cites this paper as [55]
Two articles clearly stated that the yoga was mindfulness-based yoga.
“Two articles [55, 59] clearly stated that it was mindfulness-based yoga”
From The effectiveness of mindfulness yoga on patients with major depressive disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (2023) · cites this paper as [55]
The two authors who used different acronyms used the same measurement scale, as seen from their references [54, 55].
“Even though the two authors used different acronyms, we found they used the same measurement scale, as seen from their references [54, 55].”
From The effectiveness of mindfulness yoga on patients with major depressive disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (2023) · cites this paper as [55]
Only two studies reported follow-up results: one at one year and the other at only one month.
“Only two studies reported follow-up results: one at one year [54] and the other at only one month [55].”
From The effectiveness of mindfulness yoga on patients with major depressive disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (2023) · cites this paper as [55]
Three studies evaluated the effect of mindfulness yoga on rumination, measured by the Ruminative Responses Scale and the Perseverative Thinking Scale.
“Three studies [54, 55, 59] evaluated the effect of mindfulness yoga on rumination, as measured by the Ruminative Responses Scale and the Perseverative Thinking Scale.”
From The effectiveness of mindfulness yoga on patients with major depressive disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (2023) · cites this paper as [55]
Women who received a 12-week MYI reported significantly less rumination postintervention compared to a walking control condition.
“Another study in a group of depressed women found that women who received a 12‐week MYI reported significantly less rumination postintervention compared to a walking control condition (Schuver & Lewis, 2016).”
From A mindful yoga intervention for young women with major depressive disorder: Design and baseline sample characteristics of a randomized controlled trial (2020) · cites this paper as Schuver & Lewis, 2016
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- Authors
- Schuver, K. J., & Lewis, B. A.
- Affiliations
- University of Minnesota (US)
- Corresponding author
- Schuver, Katie J.
- Venue
- Complementary Therapies in Medicine
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2016-06
- Volume
- 26
- Pages
- 85-91
- ISSN
- 0965-2299 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2300278930
- Cited by
- 77
- References
- 49
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 13 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 10 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 1
- FWCI
- 9.39
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Complementary Therapies in Medicine (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Treatment of Major Depression
- Keywords
- depression, women, rumination, depressive symptoms, pranayama, meditation, home-based intervention, walking control, yoga asanas
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Depression, Female, Humans, Middle Aged, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Yoga, Young Adult, Mindfulness
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