A Yoga and Compassion Meditation Program Reduces Stress in Familial Caregivers of Alzheimer's Disease Patients

Table 3

Salivary cortisol concentration (ng/dL) of familial caregivers of Alzheimer’s disease patients before and after intervention.

	Before	After	𝐹time-point(1.35)	𝐹group(1.35)	𝐹inter(1.35)
Cortisol day 1
Control group	539.4 (±152.6)	531.1 (±53.7)	3.64	0.10	3.31
YCMP group	743.9 (±140.7)	404.4 (±49.5)	𝑃=0.06	𝑃=0.76	𝑃=0.08
	Before	After	𝐹time-point(1.32)	𝐹group(1.32)	𝐹inter(1.32)
Cortisol day 2
Control group	674.7 (±181.7)	673.2 (±86.3)	7.42	0.00004	7.33
YCMP group	937.6 (±171.3)	408.1 (±81.3)*	𝑃<0.05	𝑃=0.99	𝑃<0.05
	Before	After	𝐹time-point(1.40)	𝐹group(1.40)	𝐹inter(1.40)
Cortisol days 1 and 2
Control group	641.5 (±137.6)	568.0 (±58.03)	8.38	0.02	3.97
YCMP group	823.0 (±131.2)	424.6 (±55.3)*	𝑃<0.001	𝑃=0.88	𝑃<0.05

Data are described as the mean (±standard deviation); ^∗𝑃<0.05 differs from the time point before the intervention in the corresponding group—Tukey’s test.
YCMP: yoga and compassion meditation program.