Yoga & Cancer Interventions: A Review of the Clinical Significance of Patient Reported Outcomes for Cancer Survivors

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dc.contributor.authorCulos-Reed, S. Nicole
dc.contributor.authorMackenzie, Michael J.
dc.contributor.authorSohl, Stephanie J.
dc.contributor.authorJesse, Michelle T.
dc.contributor.authorZahavich, Ashley N. Ross
dc.contributor.authorDanhauer, Suzanne C.
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-27T11:47:40Z
dc.date.available2018-09-27T11:47:40Z
dc.date.issued2012-10-17
dc.date.updated2018-09-27T11:47:40Z
dc.description.abstractLimited research suggests yoga may be a viable gentle physical activity option with a variety of health-related quality of life, psychosocial and symptom management benefits. The purpose of this review was to determine the clinical significance of patient-reported outcomes from yoga interventions conducted with cancer survivors. A total of 25 published yoga intervention studies for cancer survivors from 2004–2011 had patient-reported outcomes, including quality of life, psychosocial or symptom measures. Thirteen of these studies met the necessary criteria to assess clinical significance. Clinical significance for each of the outcomes of interest was examined based on 1 standard error of the measurement, 0.5 standard deviation, and relative comparative effect sizes and their respective confidence intervals. This review describes in detail these patient-reported outcomes, how they were obtained, their relative clinical significance and implications for both clinical and research settings. Overall, clinically significant changes in patient-reported outcomes suggest that yoga interventions hold promise for improving cancer survivors' well-being. This research overview provides new directions for examining how clinical significance can provide a unique context for describing changes in patient-reported outcomes from yoga interventions. Researchers are encouraged to employ indices of clinical significance in the interpretation and discussion of results from yoga studies.
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dc.identifier.citationS. Nicole Culos-Reed, Michael J. Mackenzie, Stephanie J. Sohl, Michelle T. Jesse, Ashley N. Ross Zahavich, and Suzanne C. Danhauer, “Yoga & Cancer Interventions: A Review of the Clinical Significance of Patient Reported Outcomes for Cancer Survivors,” Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, vol. 2012, Article ID 642576, 17 pages, 2012. doi:10.1155/2012/642576
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1155/2012/642576
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/108322
dc.language.rfc3066en
dc.rights.holderCopyright © 2012 S. Nicole Culos-Reed et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
dc.titleYoga & Cancer Interventions: A Review of the Clinical Significance of Patient Reported Outcomes for Cancer Survivors
dc.typeJournal Article
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