A yoga program for the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder in veterans
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The purpose of this pilot study was to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of a yoga program as an adjunctive therapy for improving post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in Veterans with military-related PTSD. Veterans (n = 12) participated in a 6 week yoga intervention held twice a week. There was significant improvement in PTSD hyperarousal symptoms and overall sleep quality as well as daytime dysfunction related to sleep. There were no significant improvements in the total PTSD, anger, or quality of life outcome scores. These results suggest that this yoga program may be an effective adjunctive therapy for improving hyperarousal symptoms of PTSD including sleep quality. This study demonstrates that the yoga program is acceptable, feasible, and that there is good adherence in a Veteran population.
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Most studies in Veterans to date have been small and/or uncontrolled.
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- Authors
- Staples, J. K., Hamilton, M. F., & Uddo, M.
- Affiliations
- Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System (US)
- Tulane University (US)
- ORCID
- Staples, Julie K.
- Venue
- Military Medicine
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2013-08
- Volume
- 178
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 854-860
- ISSN
- 0026-4075 (ISSN-L)
- 1930-613X
- OpenAlex
- W1835439829
- Cited by
- 89
- References
- 55
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 12 · 2018: 13 · 2017: 10 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 14 · 2014: 6
- FWCI
- 9.63
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Military Medicine (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Keywords
- yoga, post-traumatic stress disorder, veterans, hyperarousal symptoms, sleep quality, adjunctive therapy, feasibility, medication adherence, anger, quality of life
- MeSH terms
- Anger, Arousal, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Patient Acceptance of Health Care, Pilot Projects, Quality of Life, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, United States, Veterans, Yoga, Sleep Disorders, Intrinsic
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