A mixed methods evaluation of an individualised yoga therapy intervention for rheumatoid arthritis: Pilot study

•Individualised yoga therapy led to improvements in rheumatoid arthritis outcomes.•Changes to psychological health, pain and quality of life were sustained at one year.•Yoga increased patient agency, promoting physical activity and self-management.•Yoga is acceptable to patients and can be successfu...

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Published in:Complementary therapies in medicine 2020-05, Vol.50, p.102339-102339, Article 102339
Main Authors: Cartwright, Tina, Cahill, Margaret, Sadana, Vidhi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activities of daily living
Anxiety
Arthritis
Design
Disease management
Emotions
Exercise
Hospitals
Intervention
Interviews
Lifestyles
Low income groups
Meditation
Mental depression
Mindfulness
Mixed methods research
Mood
Pain
Physical fitness
Quality of life
Rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatology
Sleep
Stress
Therapy
Yoga
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Summary:•Individualised yoga therapy led to improvements in rheumatoid arthritis outcomes.•Changes to psychological health, pain and quality of life were sustained at one year.•Yoga increased patient agency, promoting physical activity and self-management.•Yoga is acceptable to patients and can be successfully integrated into health care. to explore patients’ experiences of an individualised yoga therapy intervention for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), specifically in terms of its acceptability and impact on patient-reported outcomes. Ten patients took part in a 16 week yoga therapy intervention in a hospital setting, consisting of 10 one-to-one consultations with a yoga therapist followed by two group review sessions. Changes in health (EQ-5D, HADS) were assessed pre- and post-intervention and at 12-month follow-up. In-depth interviews were conducted post-intervention and analysed using thematic analysis. Attendance of the 1-to-1 sessions was high (98 %) and all participants reported strong commitment to their personalised home practice. There were significant improvements in measures of depression, anxiety, pain, quality of life and general health at post-intervention and 12-months (p 
ISSN:0965-2299
1873-6963
DOI:10.1016/j.ctim.2020.102339