en other Review Articels <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height:2;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><b><span style="color:#2980b9;">Background:</span> </b>Self-efficacy is a key modifiable factor in preventive care, influencing health promotion and disease prevention behaviors.<br> <span style="color:#2980b9;"><b>Objective:</b>&nbsp;</span>This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated yoga&#39;s effects on self-efficacy as a low-cost preventive intervention.<br> <b><span style="color:#2980b9;">Methods:</span> </b>This study was conducted following the PRISMA guidelines through 26 February 2026. Relevant articles were gathered from databases such as MagIran, SID, PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar using specific keywords. Interventional original studies with full text that evaluated the effect of yoga on self‑efficacy and reported sufficient data were included. Studies lacking a control group, full text, or sufficient data, as well as non‑interventional or duplicate studies, were excluded. The methodological quality of the included studies was assessed using the JBI checklist for interventional studies. Heterogeneity was assessed via I&sup2;, and publication bias via Egger&#39;s regression.<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span><br> <span style="color:#2980b9;"><b>Results: </b></span>From 1,273 records, 14 studies (n = 843) were included. Yoga significantly enhanced self-efficacy versus control (SMD = 1.175; 95% CI: 0.750&ndash;1.600; P < 0.001), with an increasing yearly effect (P < 0.001).<br> <b><span style="color:#2980b9;">Conclusion:</span> </b>Yoga appears to improve self-efficacy. &nbsp;From a preventive care perspective, integrating yoga into routine health promotion programs offers a practical, non‑pharmacological approach to strengthening self‑efficacy.</span></span></span><br> &nbsp;</div> Yoga, Self-efficacy, Preventive Care, Systematic Review, Meta-analysis. 0 0 http://nmcjournal.zums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1087-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Amir Jalali jalali_amir@yahoo.com 100319475328460015184 100319475328460015184 No Substance Abuse Prevention Research Center, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran Mohsen Kazeminia mkazeminia69@gmail.com 100319475328460015185 100319475328460015185 Yes Student Research Committee, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran mostafa taheri mostafataheri7321@gmail.com 100319475328460015186 100319475328460015186 No mostafataheri7321@gmail.com Pegah Heidarian heidaianpegah@gmail.com 100319475328460015187 100319475328460015187 No Student Research committee, Kermanshah University of Medical Science, Kermanshah, Iran Mohammadrasool Ghasemianrad mohamadghasemianrad1993@gmail.com 100319475328460015188 100319475328460015188 No Student Research committee, Kermanshah University of Medical Science, Kermanshah, Iran Reza Pourmirza Kalhori rpourmirza@yahoo.com 100319475328460015189 100319475328460015189 No Department of Emergency Medicine, Paramedical School, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran Marzieh Magholi magholi1356@gmail.com 100319475328460015190 100319475328460015190 No : Clinical Research Development Center, Imam Khomeini and Mohammad Kermanshahi and Farabi Hospitals, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran