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| October 10, 2010 | Yoga benefits childhood cancer patients and their parents | |
Washington: Yoga can reduce the stress of cancer diagnosis and treatment experienced by childhood cancer patients and their parents, says a study. As per the research, parents and adolescents showed a decrease in
anxiety and increase in sense of well-being following yoga sessions conducted
at the Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota. "Yoga is emerging as an
effective complementary therapy in adult oncology. Promising benefits for decreasing
symptom distress including fatigue, insomnia, mood, and stress resulting in improved
quality of life," said the authors of the study. The authors explored a new area,
focusing on childhood cancer patients and their families, noting that parents
experience stress and anxiety because of the uncertainty of the disease and the
suffering of their children. Children in the study between the ages of 7-12 did
not show any change in their anxiety or sense of well-being. However, adolescents
between the ages of 13-18 years and the parents of hospitalised patients showed
significant improvement. "Teens reported that that they felt relaxed and calmer,
and that it (yoga) was fun," the authors wrote. Parents found the yoga sessions
were relaxing, allowed them to stretch their muscles and strengthen their bodies,
and relieved stress. Yoga lowers heart rate and blood pressure and improves circulation
and oxygenation. It also improves muscle tone, circulation, pulmonary function,
coordination and flexibility. "Larger studies are needed to evaluate the influence
of yoga on other distressing patient symptoms such as fatigue, sleep disturbance,
pain and nauseam" authors add. The findings are published in the September/October 2010 edition of Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing.
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