Archive · 19 May 2025
AIIMS Study: Yoga Improves Quality of Life for Kidney Patients
Imagine your kidneys aren't working so well, and you need help to clean your blood.
People with this problem often feel tired and sad.
Doctors at a hospital in India studied how yoga could help.
They found that gentle yoga, done at home, made patients feel better.
It helped them with feeling tired and sad and made their lives better overall.
The doctors hope to study more patients and combine yoga with other treatments.
A study by AIIMS Raipur indicates yoga improves the quality of life for kidney patients.
The research focused on Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) patients undergoing Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD).
Yoga intervention was shown to reduce physical, mental, and emotional difficulties in patients.
The study suggests yoga can be a cost-effective supplementary therapy.
AIIMS Raipur is integrating conventional medicine with traditional wellness therapies.
- Who
- Researchers from AIIMS Raipur, patients with CKD.
- What
- A study on the effects of yoga on patients with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) undergoing Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD).
- When
- Not specified in the article.
- Where
- AIIMS Raipur.
- Why
- To assess the impact of yoga on the quality of life of CKD patients.
- Institution
- AIIMS Raipur
- Medical Condition
- Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)
- Treatment
- Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD)
- Publication
- Indian Journal of Nephrology
- Executive Director
- Lt. Gen Ashok Jindal (retd)