Medical Yoga for Patients with Stress-Related Symptoms and Diagnoses in Primary Health Care: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Table 1
Demographic data at baseline for the control group and the yoga group.
Control group ()
Yoga group ()
value
Male/female ()
0/19
3/15
0.06
Age (years ± SD)
52 ± 15
54 ± 9
0.72
Professional ()
8 (42%)
13 (72%)
0.63
Sick leave ()
7 (37%)
3 (17%)
0.17
Retired for reasons of age ()
4 (21%)
2 (11%)
0.41
Years since onset of stress-related symptoms (years ± SD)
9 ± 10
9 ± 6
0.96
Visits to the doctor in the last 8 months (years ± SD)
5 ± 6
7 ± 6
0.44
Visits to the physiotherapist in the last 8 months (years ± SD)
5 ± 6
8 ± 7
0.25
Visits to the counselor in the last 8 months (years ± SD)
3 ± 4
2 ± 4
0.44
Visits to the nurse in the last 8 months (years ± SD)
5 ± 5
5 ± 4
0.66
Data are presented as mean ± SD or number of patients or visits. values refer to the difference between the control group and the yoga group before study start (chi-2-test, unpaired -test, Mann-Whitney test, and ). SD: standard deviation.
