Yoga trial reports symptom and blood-test changes in women with hypothyroidism
Women assigned to online yoga alongside prescribed levothyroxine had reported improvements in several outcomes, but unclear result scales limit interpretation of their size.
Based on the published abstract. The full paper may contain additional methods, results and limitations.
The 30-second takeaway
The authors reported improvements in daytime sleepiness, depressive symptoms, thyroid and metabolic measures, and medication dependence among women assigned to yoga alongside levothyroxine. However, the abstract leaves the numerical result scale unexplained. These findings do not establish how noticeable the changes were or provide a basis for changing thyroid medication.
The abstract does not define the numerical result scale, detail control care, or report adverse-event results. The authors' description of yoga as low-harm therefore cannot be assessed from this abstract.
What researchers found
Daytime sleepiness
Yoga plus prescribed levothyroxine versus controls after 3 months; the numerical result scale is unspecified.
What was tested
Women were randomly assigned to yoga or a control group. The yoga program was delivered online because of pandemic restrictions and was added to prescribed levothyroxine, so the study examined yoga as an addition to medication.
What the authors reported
Compared with controls, the yoga group was reported to improve on thyroid and metabolic measures, daytime sleepiness, and depressive symptoms. The authors also described improvement in medication dependence, which they assessed alongside those other outcomes.
The original publication
Yogic management of hypothyroidism in females: A randomized controlled trial.
Bhandari RB, Mahto PK, Mirza AA et al.
Psychoneuroendocrinology · 2025
- PubMed ID
- 41110211
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