Effect of Yoga-based Interventions on Heart Rate Variability and Anxiety Among Students: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous studies have shown improvement in anxiety and cardiac parameters among university students. However, no systematic review and meta-analysis have examined the effect of yoga-based interventions on heart rate variability (HRV) and anxiety among students.

Purpose

To synthesise the evidence regarding the effects of yoga-based intervention on improving HRV and anxiety among students.

Methods

A systematic search was conducted in accordance with PRISMA 2020 guidelines in PubMed, Scopus, Cochrane Library, and Web of Science for randomised controlled trials (RCTs) that assessed the effects of yoga on anxiety and HRV up to March 2025. We included the RCTs that assess both HRV and subjective measures of anxiety in the student population. The quality of the in

SUBMITTER: Sharma S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12700775 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature