Yoga Therapy in Children with Cystic Fibrosis Decreases Immediate Anxiety and Joint Pain

Table 4

Results of 6 Yoga sessions over a ten-week intervention in children with cystic fibrosis.

Measure		Before intervention	After intervention	value
STAIC, median (range)	20	28 (19, 39)	26 (20, 31)
CFQ-R, median (range)
Emotion		79.2 (33.3, 100)	85 (33.3, 95.8)	0.073
Physical		83.3 (54.2, 100)	85.4 (45.8, 100)	0.924
Social impact		84.5 (47.6, 95.2)	76.2 (42.9, 95.2)	0.393
CF specific domain
Body image		83.3 (22.2, 100)	88.9 (33.3, 100)	0.287
Respiratory symptoms		66.7 (38.9, 100)	79.2 (38.9, 100)	0.076
Digestive symptoms		66.7 (33.3, 100)	72.2 (33.3, 100)	0.748
Treatment burden		55.6 (22.2, 100)	66.7 (0, 100)	0.629
Eating disturbances	20	94.4 (22.2, 100)	88.9 (22.2, 100)	0.721
MSAS
Pain, (%)		9 (45)	7 (35)	0.625
Sleep difficulty, (%)		5 (25)	3 (15)	0.687
Sleep difficulty, median (range)	20	0 (0, 3)	0 (0, 1)	0.088
HADS, median (range)
Anxiety		8.5 (0, 15)	9 (1, 15)	0.497
Depression	10	6.5 (0, 12)	8 (0, 12)	0.491
CES-DC, median (range)	10	16.5 (0, 28)	16 (10, 42)	0.141
APSA
Abdominal pain, median (range)		4 (1, 4)	3.5 (1, 4)	0.564
Chest pain, median (range)		4 (3, 4)	4 (2, 4)	0.480
Limb pain, median (range)		4 (2, 4)	4 (2, 4)	0.248
Joint pain, median (range)		4 (1, 4)	4 (2,4)
Joint pain, mean (95% CI)	20	3.3 (2.8, 3.7)	3.7 (3.4, 3.9)
		Before each session	After each session
STAIC, median (range)	20	29.1 (19, 39)	23.4 (20, 30)	<0.001

different at α = 0.05.
different at α = 0.05 adjusting for 18 comparisons (only STAIC remained significant after adjustment for multiple variables).
STAIC: immediate anxiety. Total score ranging from 0 to 60, lower score is better.
CFQ-R: scaled score between 0 and 100, higher is better.
MSAS: scaled score between 0–4 for each domain, lower is better.
HADS: scaled score between 0 and 21, lower is better.
CES-DC: scaled score between 0 and 60, lower is better.
APSA: scale of 1 to 4, higher is better.