Research Article
Quality of Life and Mental Health in Patients with Chronic Diseases Who Regularly Practice Yoga and Those Who Do Not: A Case-Control Study
Table 1
Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of patients with chronic diseases who practice yoga and those who do not (mean ± standard deviation).
| | | Yoga () | No yoga () | |
| | Age | 51.8 ± 12.8 | 51.5 ± 12.9 | 0.151 | | Gender (%) | | | 1.000 | | Female | 165 (88.7%) | 165 (88.7%) | | | Male | 21 (11.3%) | 21 (11.3%) | | | Education (%) with A-level and higher | 66 (35.5%) | 66 (35.5%) | 1.000 | | Family status (%) in relationship/married | 105 (56.5%) | 110 (59.1%) | 0.630 | | Employment (%) | | | 0.823 | | Unemployed | 103 (55.4%) | 100 (53.8%) | | | Part-time employed | 33 (17.7%) | 33 (17.7%) | | | Full-time employed | 50 (26.9%) | 53 (28.5%) | | | Diagnosis (%) | | | 1.000 | | Spinal pain | 34 (18.3%) | 34 (18.3%) | | | Osteoarthritis | 16 (8.3%) | 16 (8.3%) | | | Rheumatic arthritis | 9 (4.8%) | 9 (4.8%) | | | Fibromyalgia | 27 (15.55) | 27 (15.55) | | | Headache | 20 (10.8%) | 20 (10.8%) | | | Pain, others | 18 (9.7%) | 18 (9.7%) | | | Hypertension | 7 (3.8%) | 7 (3.8%) | | | Ischemic cardiac disease | 2 (1.1%) | 2 (1.1%) | | | Inflamm. bowel disease | 14 (7.5%) | 14 (7.5%) | | | Irritable bowel syndrome | 9 (4.8%) | 9 (4.8%) | | | Lung diseases | 8 (4.3%) | 8 (4.3%) | | | Others | 22 (1.8%) | 22 (1.8%) | |
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