Giridharan Selvaraj, Soumian Soni, Kumar Nagaraj V
Oncology, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, ARE.
General Surgery, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, ARE.
Cureus. 2024 Oct 19;16(10):e71829. doi: 10.7759/cureus.71829. eCollection 2024 Oct.
Yoga has gained recognition as a complementary intervention for managing the physical and psychological challenges faced by patients with cancer. Systematic reviews of yoga interventions have provided valuable insights into their roles in cancer care. This bibliometric analysis aimed to map the trends, contributors, and thematic focus of systematic reviews on yoga interventions in oncology. A comprehensive search was conducted across major databases, including PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science, to identify systematic reviews and meta-analyses focusing on yoga interventions in cancer patients. Studies published between the inception of each database and July 2024 were included. Key data, such as authorship, year of publication, cancer type, outcomes assessed, and geographical distribution, were extracted and analysed. A total of 42 systematic reviews and meta-analyses were included in the final analysis. Most studies have focused on psychological outcomes including quality of life, stress reduction, and fatigue management, with a predominant focus on breast cancer. The majority of the research was led by authors from China and the United States, reflecting a growing global interest in yoga as an integrative cancer therapy. This analysis highlights the increasing research interest in yoga for cancer care, particularly regarding psychological outcomes. Future research should focus on underrepresented cancer types and physiological outcomes, and expand studies to low- and middle-income countries to optimise yoga's role in global cancer care.
瑜伽已被公认为是一种辅助干预手段，用于应对癌症患者所面临的身体和心理挑战。对瑜伽干预措施的系统评价为其在癌症护理中的作用提供了宝贵见解。这项文献计量分析旨在梳理肿瘤学中关于瑜伽干预措施的系统评价的趋势、贡献者和主题重点。我们在包括PubMed、Scopus和Web of Science在内的主要数据库中进行了全面检索，以识别关注癌症患者瑜伽干预措施的系统评价和荟萃分析。纳入了每个数据库创建之初至2024年7月期间发表的研究。提取并分析了诸如作者身份、发表年份、癌症类型、评估的结果以及地理分布等关键数据。最终分析共纳入了42项系统评价和荟萃分析。大多数研究聚焦于心理结果，包括生活质量、减轻压力和管理疲劳，其中主要关注乳腺癌。大多数研究由来自中国和美国的作者主导，这反映出全球对瑜伽作为一种综合癌症治疗方法的兴趣日益浓厚。该分析突出了对瑜伽用于癌症护理的研究兴趣不断增加，尤其是在心理结果方面。未来的研究应关注研究较少的癌症类型和生理结果，并将研究扩展到低收入和中等收入国家，以优化瑜伽在全球癌症护理中的作用。
