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A 7-week Tibetan Yoga intervention significantly improves sleep quality, reduces sleep latency, increases sleep duration, and decreases reliance on sleep medications in patients with lymphoma.
If you have lymphoma and are struggling with sleep, a gentle 7-week Tibetan Yoga program may help. The program involves weekly classes focusing on breathing, visualization, and simple movements, along with daily home practice using provided materials. While it did not significantly reduce anxiety or fatigue in this study, it significantly improved sleep quality, helped you fall asleep faster, increased sleep duration, and reduced the need for sleep medications.
Patients in the TY group reported significantly lower sleep disturbance scores during follow-up compared with patients in the wait-list control group (5.8 vs. 8.1; P < 0.004). This included better subjective sleep quality (P < 0.02), faster sleep latency (P < 0.01), longer sleep duration (P < 0.03), and less use of sleep medications (P < 0.02).
Why this rating
Randomized controlled trial with a wait-list control, but limited by small sample size (n=39), self-reported outcomes, and lack of objective sleep measures (e.g., polysomnography).
Source
Psychological adjustment and sleep quality in a randomized trial of the effects of a Tibetan yoga intervention in patients with lymphoma
Lorenzo Cohen et al. · Cancer · 2004
DOI 10.1002/cncr.20236
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