Table 1.

Findings of research studies on yoga for medical students

Authors	Year	Sample size	Intervention	Findings
Bond et al.[2]	2013	27	Yoga and meditation	11-week yoga-based program increased self-regulation, self-compassion, and empathy and reduction in perceived stress
Erogul et al.[3]	2014	58	MBSR for 8 weeks	MBSR intervention improves perceived stress and self-compassion
Warnecke et al.[4]	2011	66	8 weeks practice of mindfulness meditation	Mindfulness practice reduced stress and anxiety in senior medical students
Simard and Henry[5]	2009	14	16-week yoga	Improvements in overall health, perceived stress, and depressive symptoms
Chen et al.[6]	2013	60	Mindfulness meditation 30 min daily for 7 consecutive days	A brief course of mindfulness meditation was found to be beneficial to reduce anxiety and lowering blood pressure
Shapiro et al.[7]	1998	NA	8 weeks practice of mindfulness meditation	Reduction in self-reported state and trait anxiety, overall psychological distress and depression, an increase in overall empathy, and spiritual experiences
Malathi and Damodaran[8]	1999	50	Yoga	Yoga reduced basal anxiety as well as prior to examination
Turakitwanakan et al.[9]	2013	30	Mindfulness meditation	Mindfulness meditation reduces serum cortisol levels and statistically nonsignificant improvement in GHQ scores
Bansal et al.[10]	2013	82	45 min of integrative practice for 1 month	Improvement in general and mental wellbeing following the intervention
Malathi et al.[12]	1998	75	Yoga and relaxation	Yoga and relaxation attenuated heart rate, blood pressure, and galvanic skin resistance in response to the stress of examination and enhanced reaction time
Madanmohan et al.[13]	1992	27	Yoga for 12 weeks	Yoga improves visual and auditory reaction time, respiratory endurance, and muscle strength
Saoji et al.[14]	2016	42	Mind sound resonance technique	Single session of meditation improves performance in the cognitive tasks

MBSR = Mindfulness-based stress reduction, GHQ = General Health Questionnaire