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| Citation | Intervention | Control group | Participants | Outcomes | Results |
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| Franzblau et al., (2006)* [16] | 45 minutes of yogic breathing and/or 45 minutes of giving testimony on two consecutive days | Waiting controls | 20 African-American and 20 European-American women, who had been abused by a man with whom they had been intimate with in the past 2 years | Franzblau self-efficacy scale (FSES) 20:
(1) anxious/relieved
(2) in control/out of control
(3) secure/insecure
(4) unafraid/afraid
(5) confident/not confident | Yogic breathing group had significantly improved unafraid/afraid scores, while control condition did not.
Combined condition improved on three factors, while testimony only condition improved on one factor.
Neither group improved on any of the other outcomes. |
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| Franzblau et al., (2008)* [17] | 45 minutes of yogic breathing and/or 45 minutes of giving testimony on two consecutive days | Waiting controls | 20 African-American and 20 European-American women, who had been abused by a man with whom they had been intimate within the past 2 years | Beck depression inventory II (BDI-II) | Yogic breathing group had a significantly greater reduction in depressive symptoms than control group. |
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Hernández-Ruiz (2005) [18] | Music therapy (participant-selected music combined with progressive muscle relaxation) for 20 minutes on two consecutive days | Lying quietly for 20 minutes on two consecutive days | 28 participants from two centres for battered women | (1) State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI)
(2) Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) | (1) Significant interaction by condition on anxiety levels on both days.
(2) Experimental group had significant improvements in sleep quality, while control condition did not. |
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