Effects of Yoga Interventions on Fatigue: A Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Overview of identified studies.

First Author [Study-ID]	Year	Fatigue condition	𝑁 (analyzed)	Yoga style	Control intervention(s)	Duration of treatment	Methodological quality*	Instrument	SMD	SD
Bower et al. [4]	2011	Breast cancer	31	Iyengar	Health education class	12 weeks	4	FSI	0.95	0.14
Carson et al. [16]	2009	Breast cancer	30	Yoga awareness	Waiting list	8 weeks	4	Diary	0.93	0.09
Chandwani et al. [17]	2010	Breast cancer	61	Patanjali	Waiting list	6 weeks	3	BFI	0.66	0.07
Littman et al. [18]	2011	Breast cancer	63	Hatha	Waiting list	24 weeks	3	FACT-F	−0.01	0.06
Vadiraja et al. [19]	2009	Breast cancer	75	Asanas, Pranayama	Supportive counseling	6 weeks	3	EORTC	0.74	0.24
Banasik et al. [20]	2011	Breast cancer	14	Iyengar	Waiting list	8 weeks	2	Cella’s FACT-B	1.62	0.24
Danhauer et al. [21]	2009	Breast cancer	27	Asanas, Pranayama	Waiting list	10 weeks	2	FACT-F	0.51	0.14
Moadel et al. [22]	2007	Breast cancer	128	Hatha	Waiting list	12 weeks	2	FACT-F	0.05	0.03
Carson et al. [23]	2010	Fibromyalgia	50	Yoga awareness	Waiting list	8 weeks	4	FIQ-R	0.26	0.08
Cohen [24]	2004	Lymphoma	39	Tibetan	Waiting list	7 weeks	4	BFI	0.00	0.10
Manocha et al. [25]	2002	Asthma	59	Sahaja	Relaxation, group discussion, CBT	16 weeks	4	POMS
Oken et al. [26]	2004	Multiple sclerosis	57	Iyengar	Waiting list/Exercise class + stationary bike	24 weeks	4	MFI	0.63	0.31
Oken et al. [27]	2006	Healthy	135	Hatha	Waiting list/Exercise class + walking	24 weeks	4	MFI	0.03	0.21
Speca et al. [28]	2000	Different types of cancer	90	Yoga stretches	Waiting list	7 weeks	3	POMS	0.38	0.21
Yurtkuran et al. [29]	2007	Dialysis	40	Asanas	Standard therapy	12 weeks	3	VAS	0.01	0.07
Khalsa et al. [30]	2011	Healthy	121	Yoga education class	Physical education class	11 weeks	2	POMS	0.48	0.11
Sareen et al. [31]	2007	Chronic pancreatitis	52	Iyengar	Standard therapy	12 weeks	2	SF-36	1.36	0.30
Berger et al. [32]	1992	Healthy	50	Hatha	Swimming	14 weeks	1	POMS	0.93	0.09
Velikonja et al. [33]	2010	Multiple sclerosis	nr	Hatha	Sports climbing	10 weeks	1	MFI	0.29	0.14

*Jadad score.