Mind–Body Exercises for PTSD Symptoms, Depression, and Anxiety in Patients With PTSD: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
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Objectives: This study aims to systematically analyze the effects of mind–body exercises on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, depression, and anxiety in patients with PTSD. Furthermore, it intends to provide scientific evidence-based exercise prescriptions. Methods: Chinese (i.e., China National Knowledge Infrastructure, VIP Database for Chinese Technical Periodicals, and Wanfang) and English (i.e., Web of Science, PubMed, the Cochrane Library, and EMBASE) databases were used as data sources to search for studies on the effects of mind–body exercises on symptoms associated with patients with PTSD from January 1980 to November 2020. After a rigorous screening, 16 eligible randomized controlled trials (RCTs) were included in the meta-analysis. Results: Mind–body exercises exerted a significant effect on PTSD symptoms [standard mean difference (SMD) = −0.41, 95% confidence interval (CI) −0.64 to −0.19, p < 0.001], depression (SMD = −0.35, 95% CI: −0.55 to −0.15, p < 0.001), and anxiety (SMD = −0.31, 95% CI: −0.74 to −0.12, p < 0.001) among patients with PTSD. Subgroup analysis demonstrated that 60–150 min per session for 8–16 weeks of mindfulness was more effective in improving symptoms in patients with PTSD under 45 years of age compared with other subgroups. For depression, 150–180 min of yoga exercises once per week was effective. For anxiety, the frequency, timing, duration, and type of mind–body exercises that are most effective in relieving anxiety in patients with PTSD cannot be determined at this time due to the limited number of eligible RCTs. Conclusions: Mind–body exercises were found to be significantly effective in improving PTSD symptoms, depression, and anxiety in patients with PTSD. Therefore, they can be used as an adjunct to intervention for symptoms of patients with PTSD. However, this conclusion requires further confirmation through additional scientific and objective RCTs. Systematic Review Registration: Unique Identifier: INPLASY2020120072 .
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Subgroup analyses in a previous meta-analysis indicated that 60-150 min of MBE 1-3 times per week over 8-16 weeks resulted in benefits to those experiencing PTSD symptoms.
“Subgroup analyses in a previous meta-analysis indicated that 60–150 min of MBE 1–3 times per week over 8–16 weeks resulted in benefits to those experiencing PTSD symptoms [178].”
From Comparative Effectiveness of Multiple Exercise Interventions in the Treatment of Mental Health Disorders: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis (2022) · cites this paper as [178]
Existing pairwise meta-analyses have demonstrated MBE to be an efficient adjuvant therapy in the improvement of PTSD-related symptoms, with effect sizes ranging from −0.41 to −0.39.
“existing pairwise meta-analyses have demonstrated MBE to be an efficient adjuvant therapy in the improvement of PTSD-related symptoms, with effect sizes ranging from − 0.41 to − 0.39 [177, 178].”
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- Authors
- Zhu, L., Li, L., Li, X.-Z., & Wang, L.
- Affiliations
- Nanjing Sport Institute (CN)
- Wuhan University of Technology (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Li, Long
- Wang, Lin
- Venue
- Frontiers in Psychology
- Publisher
- Frontiers Media SA
- Published
- 2022-01-18
- Volume
- 12
- Pages
- 738211-738211
- ISSN
- 1664-1078 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC8833099
- OpenAlex
- W4206154490
- Semantic Scholar
- b76fa8b3434971aa6a8699f00a55fd517f382c3c
- Cited by
- 51
- References
- 106
- Citations by year
- 2026: 14 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 2
- FWCI
- 1.55
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Frontiers in Psychology (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Funders
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer survivorship and care
- Keywords
- mind-body exercise, post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, mindfulness, yoga, exercise prescription, adjunctive therapy
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