Research Article

A Yoga Intervention for Posttraumatic Stress: A Preliminary Randomized Control Trial

Table 1

Characteristics of study participants on baseline.

Waitlist controlYoga

Gender
 Male5 (24%)4 (7%)
 Female16 (76%)55 (93%)
PTSD diagnosis12 (57%)38 (64%)3.0
Therapy
 Current12 (57%)23 (39%)
 Past4 (19%)10 (17%)
 None5 (24%)26 (44%)2.8
Yoga practice
 Past1 (5%)11 (19%)
 None20 (95%)48 (81%)2.3
Meditative practice
 Past0 (0%)9 (15%)
 None21 (100%)50 (85%)3.6
Medication
 Prescribed9 (43%)29 (49%)
 None12 (57%)30 (51%).25

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