Wang You-Yin, Chang Hsiao-Yun, Lin Chen-Yu
Department of Nursing, Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital, Taiwan, ROC.
School of Nursing, Fooyin University, Taiwan, ROC.
Hu Li Za Zhi. 2014 Feb;61(1):85-92. doi: 10.6224/JN.61.1.85.
Aging and age-related health problems are major issues of concern for community health services. Yoga is an exercise with both physiological and psychological effects on aging. Although many studies have assessed the effectiveness of yoga in the elderly, little information is available in the literature to support empirical conclusions.
This review synthesizes and characterizes findings related to the effects of yoga on depression and quality of sleep in the elderly.
Researchers used keywords including yoga, elderly, aged / older adult, depression, sleep, and quality to search 6 electronic databases for relevant studies published prior to March 2013. Inclusion and exclusion criteria were used to screen identified study abstracts. The Jadad scale appraised the quality of identified studies.
Seven studies met the inclusion criteria. Five studies found significant changes in participant depression symptoms after doing yoga. Three studies found significant effects on the quality of sleep of participants after 6 months of doing yoga.
Yoga significantly reduced the depressive symptoms of elderly participants and improved their quality of sleep after 6 months. Findings were similar for elderly living in institutions and in the community. However, the majority of participants in the assessed studies were women characterized by a high level of social participation and proactive participation in health promotion activities. Future studies should broaden the scope of research to address different aging populations and use long-term cohort observations in order to better elicit the effectiveness of yoga and to develop strategies to introduce yoga into daily activities.
老龄化及与年龄相关的健康问题是社区卫生服务关注的主要问题。瑜伽是一种对衰老具有生理和心理影响的运动。尽管许多研究评估了瑜伽对老年人的有效性，但文献中几乎没有信息支持实证结论。
本综述综合并描述了与瑜伽对老年人抑郁和睡眠质量影响相关的研究结果。
研究人员使用包括瑜伽、老年人、老年人/年长者、抑郁、睡眠和质量等关键词，在6个电子数据库中检索2013年3月之前发表的相关研究。采用纳入和排除标准筛选已识别的研究摘要。Jadad量表评估已识别研究的质量。
7项研究符合纳入标准。5项研究发现，练习瑜伽后参与者的抑郁症状有显著变化。3项研究发现，练习瑜伽6个月后对参与者的睡眠质量有显著影响。
瑜伽显著减轻了老年参与者的抑郁症状，并在6个月后改善了他们的睡眠质量。对于居住在机构和社区中的老年人，研究结果相似。然而，评估研究中的大多数参与者是女性，其特点是社会参与度高且积极参与健康促进活动。未来的研究应扩大研究范围，以涵盖不同的老年人群体，并采用长期队列观察，以便更好地了解瑜伽的有效性，并制定将瑜伽引入日常活动的策略。
