Aggregate Effects of Yoga-Based Volitional Breathing Interventions on Perceived Stress and Anxiety Levels Among Medical Students Worldwide: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Anupinder Thind, Pravin M Pisudde, Sonia Kochhar · 2026

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Anupinder Thind, Pravin Pisudde, and Sonia Kochhar pool seven trials of yoga breath work for stress and dread in medical students, in a review from 2026. Med school is a known strain path, and breath drills are cheap and safe to teach. The hunt ran across seven data banks for a span of fifteen years and kept drills of breath alone.

Pooled scores show a large drop in felt stress and dread with the drills. Short plans of eight weeks or less beat long ones by a clear edge. One tight trial with low flaw risk showed the largest drop of all. Spread among trials ran high, so the team urges more tight trials. Breath drills earn a place in student health plans.

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CREATORAnupinder Thind, Pravin M Pisudde, Sonia Kochhar
YEAR2026
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE40 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC13280708

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