Kyle Davis1, Sherryl H Goodman2, Jenn Leiferman3, Mary Taylor4, Sona Dimidjian5. 1. Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado Boulder, Muenzinger D244, 345 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309, USA. Electronic address: kyle.davis@colorado.edu. 2. Department of Psychology, Emory University, 467 PAIS Building, 36 Eagle Row, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. Electronic address: psysg@emory.edu. 3. Department of Community and Behavioral Health, Colorado School of Public Health, 13001 E. 17th Place, B119, Building 500, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA. Electronic address: jenn.leiferman@ucdenver.edu. 4. The Yoga Workshop, 2020 21st Street, Boulder, CO 80302, USA. Electronic address: maryt.mtchef@gmail.com. 5. Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado Boulder, Muenzinger D244, 345 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309, USA. Electronic address: sona.dimidjian@colorado.edu.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Yoga may be well suited for depressed and anxious pregnant women, given reported benefits of meditation and physical activity and pregnant women's preference for nonpharmacological treatments. METHODS: We randomly assigned 46 pregnant women with symptoms of depression and anxiety to an 8-weekyoga intervention or treatment-as-usual (TAU) in order to examine feasibility and preliminary outcomes. RESULTS: Yoga was associated with high levels of credibility and satisfaction as an intervention for depression and anxiety during pregnancy. Participants in both conditions reported significant improvement in symptoms of depression and anxiety over time; and yoga was associated with significantly greater reduction in negative affect as compared to TAU (β = -0.53, SE = 0.20, p = .011). CONCLUSION: Prenatal yoga was found to be a feasible and acceptable intervention and was associated with reductions in symptoms of anxiety and depression; however, prenatal yoga only significantly outperformed TAU on reduction of negative affect. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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BACKGROUND: Yoga may be well suited for depressed and anxious pregnant women, given reported benefits of meditation and physical activity and pregnant women's preference for nonpharmacological treatments. METHODS: We randomly assigned 46 pregnant women with symptoms of depression and anxiety to an 8-week yoga intervention or treatment-as-usual (TAU) in order to examine feasibility and preliminary outcomes. RESULTS: Yoga was associated with high levels of credibility and satisfaction as an intervention for depression and anxiety during pregnancy. Participants in both conditions reported significant improvement in symptoms of depression and anxiety over time; and yoga was associated with significantly greater reduction in negative affect as compared to TAU (β = -0.53, SE = 0.20, p = .011). CONCLUSION: Prenatal yoga was found to be a feasible and acceptable intervention and was associated with reductions in symptoms of anxiety and depression; however, prenatal yoga only significantly outperformed TAU on reduction of negative affect. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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