Karri Rama Reddy, Bhavanani Ananda B, Ramanathan Meena, Mopidevi Vijaya Gopal
Centre for Yoga Therapy, Education and Research (CYTER), Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth (S.B.V.), Pillaiyarkuppam, Puducherry, India.
Department of Psychiatry, G.S.L. Medical College, Rajamahendravaram, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Indian J Psychiatry. 2023 Jan;65(1):12-17. doi: 10.4103/indianjpsychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_464_22. Epub 2023 Jan 13.
Yoga therapy has been widely accepted as part of the evidence-based modern healthcare system. Although research publications are growing in leaps and bounds, many methodological issues pose stumbling blocks. In this narrative review, various issues like standalone or add-on treatment, blinding, randomization, nature of dependent and intervening variables, duration of intervention, sustainability of effects, attrition bias, adherence and accuracy, all or none performance, diverse schools, heterogeneity and multidimensionality, assortment, permutations, and combinations of different components, neglect of essential ingredients, mindfulness, catch-22 situation, credentials of the instructors, cultural factors, naivety, multicentric studies, duration of collection of data, primary or standard treatment, interdisciplinary research, statistical lapses, qualitative research, biomedical research are discussed. There is a need to frame guidelines for conducting yoga therapy research and publication.
瑜伽疗法已被广泛认可为循证现代医疗保健系统的一部分。尽管研究出版物数量激增，但许多方法学问题却构成了绊脚石。在这篇叙述性综述中，讨论了各种问题，如单独治疗或辅助治疗、盲法、随机化、因变量和干预变量的性质、干预持续时间、效果的可持续性、损耗偏倚、依从性和准确性、全或无表现、不同流派、异质性和多维性、不同组成部分的分类、排列和组合、对基本要素的忽视、正念、两难境地、指导教师的资质、文化因素、天真、多中心研究、数据收集持续时间、主要或标准治疗、跨学科研究、统计失误、定性研究、生物医学研究等。有必要制定开展瑜伽疗法研究和发表的指导方针。
