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Yoga as a Workplace Intervention for Burnout and Stress in Healthcare Professionals: A Narrative Review

Author(s) Ms. Hena Chugh, Prof. Dr. J K Savalia
Country India
Abstract Background: Burnout syndrome has become endemic to healthcare professions and is characterized by emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and a diminished sense of accomplishment. The COVID-19 pandemic introduced additional burdens to pre-existing stressors and has left the global healthcare workforce, including those in India, with an ongoing psychological crisis.

Objective: The aim of this narrative review is to evaluate the efficacy, the physiological dimensions, and the implementation of yoga-based interventions to burnout and occupational stress of healthcare professionals.

Methodology: The narrative synthesis included 31 peer-reviewed studies (RCTs, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, an umbrella review and epidemiological surveys) extracted from Scopus, PubMed, Web of Science and Google Scholar.

Major Findings: Yoga reduces emotional exhaustion and negative perceptions of stress and decreases anxiety and depression. Of the 15 RCTs included in a network meta-analysis, yoga was found to be the most effective method of physical relaxation to relieve occupational stress. The results of the studies varied in the context of the physiological biomarkers. In the studies, brief, virtual, and mHealth interventions were found to be more feasible than in-person programs. The evidence was of poor quality due to the self-selected sample, high participant dropout, self-reporting and lack of long-term follow-up.

Conclusion: Yoga can be introduced as an additional intervention to relieve burnout of healthcare professionals. To ensure the yoga programs are effective and ethically implemented, organizational reforms to address structural factors that contribute to burnout must be undertaken.
Keywords Keywords: Yoga, burnout, healthcare professionals, occupational stress, workplace wellness, mind-body intervention
Published In Volume 8, Issue 3, May-June 2026
Published On 2026-06-04
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2026.v08i03.80314
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