Title

Global and Indian research trends on Yoga: Insights from WHO trial registry

Authors

Himel Mondal¹, Satya Lakshmi Komarraju², D. Sathyanath³ & Shrikanth Muralidharan^4,*

Affiliation

¹Department of Physiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Deoghar, Jharkhand-814152, India; ²Director, National Institute of Naturopathy, Ministry of Ayush, Government of India, Pune - 411001, India; ³National Institute of Naturopathy, Ministry of Ayush, Government of India, Pune- 411001, India; ⁴Department of Research, National Institute of Naturopathy, Ministry of Ayush, Government of India, Pune- 411001, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Himel Mondal - E - mail: himel.physiology@aiimsdeoghar.edu.in

Satya Lakshmi Komarraju - E - mail: satyamaup@gmail.com.

D Sathyanath - E - mail: dsathyanath@gmail.com.

Shrikanth Muralidharan - E - mail: shrikanthmuralidharan23@gmail.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received January 1, 2025; Revised January 31, 2025; Accepted January 31, 2025, Published January 31, 2025

Abstract

A retrospective analysis of 2919 yoga-related clinical trials registered in the World Health Organization (WHO) International Clinical Trials Registry Platform database using the keyword “yoga” on 10 September 2024 is of interest. Most trials were interventional (97.81%) and registered in the Clinical Trials Registry of India (56.39%) and ClinicalTrials. gov (26.07%). The majority included both genders (69.29%), with a mean age range of 23.9±13.45 to 56.21±24.66 years, focusing on chronic diseases like obesity, diabetes, hypertension and mental health conditions such as anxiety and depression. There was a steady increase in registrations over the years, reflecting the growing global interest in yoga research. Thus, the use of yoga as a therapeutic tool to support its integration into healthcare systems is highlighted.

Keywords

Yoga, clinical trials, research trends, world health organization (WHO), international clinical trials registry Platform (ICTRP), intervention, India, chronic diseases, mental health

Citation

Mondal et al. Bioinformation 21(1): 30-34 (2025)

Edited by

P Kangueane

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.