Jeter Pamela E, Slutsky Jeremiah, Singh Nilkamal, Khalsa Sat Bir S
1 Department of Ophthalmology, Lions Vision Research Center, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore, MD.
2 Department of Integrative Health Sciences, Maryland University of Integrative Health , Laurel, MD.
J Altern Complement Med. 2015 Oct;21(10):586-92. doi: 10.1089/acm.2015.0057. Epub 2015 Jul 21.
A comprehensive bibliometric analysis was conducted on publications for yoga therapy research in clinical populations.
Major electronic databases were searched for articles in all languages published between 1967 and 2013. Databases included PubMed, PsychInfo, MEDLINE, IndMed, Indian Citation Index, Index Medicus for South-East Asia Region, Web of Knowledge, Embase, EBSCO, and Google Scholar. Nonindexed journals were searched manually. Key search words included yoga, yoga therapy, pranayama, asana. All studies met the definition of a clinical trial. All styles of yoga were included. The authors extracted the data.
A total of 486 articles met the inclusion criteria and were published in 217 different peer-reviewed journals from 29 different countries on 28,080 study participants. The primary result observed is the three-fold increase in number of publications seen in the last 10 years, inclusive of all study designs. Overall, 45% of the studies published were randomized controlled trials, 18% were controlled studies, and 37% were uncontrolled studies. Most publications originated from India (n=258), followed by the United States (n=122) and Canada (n=13). The top three disorders addressed by yoga interventions were mental health, cardiovascular disease, and respiratory disease.
A surge in publications on yoga to mitigate disease-related symptoms in clinical populations has occurred despite challenges facing the field of yoga research, which include standardization and limitations in funding, time, and resources. The population at large has observed a parallel surge in the use of yoga outside of clinical practice. The use of yoga as a complementary therapy in clinical practice may lead to health benefits beyond traditional treatment alone; however, to effect changes in health care policy, more high-quality, evidence-based research is needed.
对针对临床人群的瑜伽疗法研究的出版物进行全面的文献计量分析。
检索主要电子数据库中1967年至2013年间以所有语言发表的文章。数据库包括PubMed、PsychInfo、MEDLINE、IndMed、印度引文索引、东南亚地区医学索引、Web of Knowledge、Embase、EBSCO和谷歌学术。对未被索引的期刊进行手动检索。关键检索词包括瑜伽、瑜伽疗法、调息法、体式。所有研究均符合临床试验的定义。纳入了所有瑜伽风格。由作者提取数据。
共有486篇文章符合纳入标准，发表于来自29个不同国家的217种不同的同行评审期刊上，涉及28080名研究参与者。观察到的主要结果是，在过去10年中，包括所有研究设计在内，出版物数量增长了两倍。总体而言，发表的研究中有45%为随机对照试验，18%为对照研究，37%为非对照研究。大多数出版物来自印度（n = 258），其次是美国（n = 122）和加拿大（n = 13）。瑜伽干预所针对的前三大疾病是心理健康、心血管疾病和呼吸系统疾病。
尽管瑜伽研究领域面临诸多挑战，包括标准化以及资金、时间和资源方面的限制，但针对临床人群减轻疾病相关症状的瑜伽出版物数量仍出现了激增。广大人群在临床实践之外对瑜伽的使用也出现了类似的激增。在临床实践中使用瑜伽作为辅助疗法可能会带来超出传统治疗本身的健康益处；然而，要改变医疗保健政策，还需要更多高质量、基于证据的研究。
