Medical Yoga for Patients with Stress-Related Symptoms and Diagnoses in Primary Health Care: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Table 4
Oxygenation, heart rate, and blood pressure at baseline and after the 12-week medical yoga intervention.
Before intervention
After intervention
Difference between study groups regarding change in symptoms
Control group
Yoga group
value
Control group
Yoga group
value
Mean difference 95% CI
value
SaO2
96 ± 2
96 ± 2
0.419
96 ± 1
96 ± 1
0.657
−0.7 [−1.9–0.6]
0.289
Heart rate
79 ± 13
74 ± 10
0.206
78 ± 12
71 ± 9
0.067
1.8 [−5.6–9.2]
0.623
Blood pressure, systolic
145 ± 24
139 ± 20
0.402
126 ± 19
132 ± 29
0.513
−11 [−23–0.1]
0.050
Blood pressure, diastolic
89 ± 8
88 ± 12
0.613
82 ± 10
82 ± 12
0.905
−1 [−7.7–5.2]
0.569
Data are presented as mean ± SD. values refer to the difference between the control group and the yoga group (unpaired Student’s -test, ). Control group, and yoga group, . CI: confidence interval; SaO2: peripheral oxygen saturation.
