title: Impact of a short yoga intervention on medical students' health: a pilot study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Medical students often experience significant distress early-on in undergraduate training.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  We aimed to demonstrate the impact of a brief structured yoga intervention on medical students.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fourteen first-year medical students participated in a 16-week yoga intervention pilot study. Students completed questionnaires at baseline, mid-intervention and end of the study.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The students reported improvements in overall health, perceived stress and depressive symptoms following the intervention.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A yoga intervention may be effective in decreasing stress and improving general well-being in medical students.
authors.affiliation: McGill University, Canada. andreeanne.simard.jmance@ssss.gouv.qc.ca
authors.forename: Andrée-Anne
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Simard
authors.forename: Melissa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Henry
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D003863:Depression / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D010465:Perception; D010865:Pilot Projects; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology*; D015013:Yoga