Iyengar Yoga for Distressed Women: A 3-Armed Randomized Controlled Trial
Table 1
Baseline characteristics. Mean ± SD if not indicated otherwise.
Characteristic
Yoga group 1 (n = 24)
Yoga group 2 (n = 24)
Control group (n = 24)
P value
Mean age, y
39.5 ± 7.8
40.0 ± 8
39.3 ± 9.2
0.991
BMI (kg/m²)
25.61 ± 3.7
25.7 ± 6
24.7 ± 6
0.357
Smokers, n (%)
2 (8.3)
9 (37.5)
8 (33.3)
0.046
Weight, kg
74.4 ± 13.7
70.4 ± 18.5
70.8 ± 18.2
0.139
Exercise practice n (%)
15 (62.5)
7 (29.2)
15 (62.5)
0.028
Insomnia, n (%)
19 (79.2)
18 (75)
21 (87.5)
0.813
CPSS score
34.0 ± 8.0
35.8 ± 6.3
31.2 ± 6.8
0.067
CES-D score
22.3 ± 8.4
23.0 ± 8.1
21.0 ± 8.8
0.598
S-STAI
45.5 ± 10.6
49.0 ± 9.3
43.5 ± 11.0
0.169
T-STAI
53.6 ± 10.7
53.7 ± 9.1
50.2 ± 8.6
0.51
Bf-S
24.9 ± 14.1
23.8 ± 13.8
23.5 ± 14.0
0.948
GSI-score
67.6 ± 9.8
67.9 ± 7.2
67.4 ± 9.0
0.991
POMS vigor
2.2 ± 0.8
2.2 ± 1.1
2.8 ± 1.3
0.194
POMS fatigue
2.8 ± 1.5
2.5 ± 1.3
2.7 ± 1.4
0.613
POMS depression
1.6 ± 1.5
1.1 ± 0.8
1.5 ± 1.2
0.649
POMS anger
1.5 ± 1.6
1.0 ± 1.2
1.4 ± 1.3
0.418
QOL mental health
−0.8 ± 0.8
−0.6 ± 0.8
−0.7 ± 0.9
0.575
QOL physical score
0.0 ± 0.8
−0.1 ± 0.7
−0.3 ± 0.8
0.542
QOL mental score
−1.7 ± 0.9
−2.0 ± 0.7
−1.6 ± 0.8
0.143
Freiburg complaint list
2.7 ± 0.5
2.7 ± 0.5
2.6 ± 0.6
0.578
CPSS: Cohen Perceived Stress Scale; CES-D: Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale; S-STAI: State Anxiety; T-STAI: Trait Anxiety; Bf-S: Zerssen well being scale; GSI: General Severity Index; POMS: Profile of Mood States; QOL: short form-36 Quality of Life.
