Department of Yoga Therapy, Maryland University of Integrative Health, Laurel, MD, USA.
Division of Physical Therapy, Emory School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
J Integr Complement Med. 2024 Apr;30(4):336-344. doi: 10.1089/jicm.2022.0785. Epub 2023 Nov 15.
Yoga is a mind-body practice often used to improve health. Systematic reviews (SRs) of randomized controlled trials on yoga for health are foundational to evidence-based yoga interventions and require rigorous and transparent methods, including preparation of a protocol (e.g., PROSPERO) and following SR reporting guidelines (e.g., Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses [PRISMA]). To evaluate the availability of protocols and the completeness of reporting for SRs on yoga for health. We used a previously assembled database of SRs focused on the use of yoga for health. The authors independently extracted data on protocol availability, PROSPERO registration, and reporting for each PRISMA 2009 checklist item. Discrepancies were discussed or referred to a third author. We used Stata 10 software to produce descriptive statistics and tests for relationships between registration, reporting, and publication year, country, and journal type. We included 147 reviews published between 2005 and 2019. The most common first author country was the United States or Germany (total 67/147; 46%), and the most common journal type was specialty journals (71/147; 48%). Most reviews (116/147; 79%) made no mention of a protocol or registration, and only 15/147 (10%) reviews were linked to an accessible protocol or registration. Most SRs published in 2010 or later mentioned or cited PRISMA (97/139; 70%), and individual PRISMA items were addressed between 10% and 100% of the time. PRISMA reporting improved; over time, but there was no relationship with country or journal type. This study identifies a need for increased SR registration for yoga research. The assessment of PRISMA reporting did not evaluate the comprehensiveness with which each item was reported, and while trends are encouraging, there is likely room for improvement. We recommend registering all yoga SRs and following updated PRISMA and recent yoga-specific guidelines for reporting. This may increase transparency, minimize bias, and produce high-quality data to inform evidence-based yoga practices.
瑜伽是一种身心练习方法,常用于改善健康。对瑜伽在健康方面的随机对照试验的系统评价(SRs)是循证瑜伽干预的基础,需要严格透明的方法,包括制定方案(例如,PROSPERO)和遵循 SR 报告指南(例如,系统评价和荟萃分析的首选报告项目 [PRISMA])。为了评估健康瑜伽 SRs 的方案可用性和报告完整性。我们使用了以前组装的专注于瑜伽在健康方面使用的 SR 数据库。作者独立提取了关于每个 PRISMA 2009 清单项目的方案可用性、PROSPERO 注册和报告的数据。有分歧的地方进行了讨论或提交给第三位作者。我们使用 Stata 10 软件生成描述性统计数据,并测试了注册、报告和出版年份、国家和期刊类型之间的关系。我们纳入了 2005 年至 2019 年期间发表的 147 篇综述。第一作者国家最常见的是美国或德国(总计 67/147;46%),最常见的期刊类型是专业期刊(71/147;48%)。大多数综述(116/147;79%)没有提到方案或注册,只有 15/147(10%)的综述与可访问的方案或注册相关联。大多数发表于 2010 年或之后的 SR 提到或引用了 PRISMA(97/139;70%),并且每个 PRISMA 项目的处理时间在 10%到 100%之间。PRISMA 报告有所改进;随着时间的推移,但与国家或期刊类型无关。本研究确定了需要增加瑜伽研究的 SR 注册。PRISMA 报告的评估并未评估每个项目的报告全面性,尽管趋势令人鼓舞,但可能仍有改进的空间。我们建议对所有瑜伽 SR 进行注册,并遵循更新的 PRISMA 和最近的瑜伽特定报告指南。这可能会提高透明度,最大限度地减少偏见,并产生高质量的数据,为循证瑜伽实践提供信息。