Mental wellbeing / breathing exercise
breathing exercise
Evidence for mental wellbeing, scored from the published research.
anxiety
reported, but evidence is limited56/100 Evidence ScoreConfidence: moderate2 studies
There are positive reports, but the evidence in humans is limited (animal studies only / small studies).
- 1 human study (participant counts not recorded)
- Studies point in broadly the same direction
- Still unknown: few longer-duration studies
References (2)
- Benefits from one session of deep and slow breathing on vagal tone and anxiety in young and older adults.other study · Scientific reports · 2021
- A Systematic Review of Breathing Exercise Interventions: An Integrative Complementary Approach for Anxiety and Stress in Adult Populations.systematic review · Journal of holistic nursing : official journal of the American Holistic Nurses' Association · 2025
Evidence Scores are computed mechanically from the published research (PubMed / Semantic Scholar / OpenAlex): study design, participant numbers, and consistency across studies. An LLM is used only to extract study data, never to decide a score.
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