Establishing key components of yoga interventions for reducing depression and anxiety, and improving well-being: a Delphi method study

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  de Manincor, Michael ^a   Bensoussan, Alan ^a   Smith, Caroline ^a   Fahey, Paul ^a   Bourchier, Suzanne ^a  

^a WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Consensus; Delphi method; Depression; Intervention protocol; Mental health; Well being; Yoga

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY POSTURE; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELPHI STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; LEISURE; MALE; MEDITATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; ONLINE SYSTEM; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOLOGIST; RESPIRATION CONTROL; SWITZERLAND; TREATMENT DURATION; UNITED STATES; YOGA; ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BREATHING EXERCISE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BREATHING EXERCISES; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CONSENSUS; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MEDITATION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOGA;

EID: 84926291898     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12906-015-0614-7     Document Type: Article

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