Quality of Life in Yoga Experienced and Yoga Naïve Asian Indian Adults with Obesity
Table 3
Quality of life scores in yoga experienced and yoga naïve persons with obesity.
Group as a whole
Overall quality of life and subdomains
Yoga ()
Yoga naïve ()
Cohen’s d
Mean difference
t value
value##
Mean ± SD
95% CI#
Mean ± SD
95% CI#
Total quality of life
1.5 ± 0.94
1.39, 1.61
1.1 ± 1.05@
0.98, 1.22
0.40
0.40
4.82
<0.001
Enjoying physical activities
0.27 ± 0.24
0.24, 0.3
0.18 ± 0.27
0.15, 0.21
0.35
0.09
4.17
<0.001
Ability to work
0.34 ± 0.2
0.32, 0.36
0.26 ± 0.23
0.23, 0.29
0.37
0.08
4.46
<0.001
Self-esteem
0.25 ± 0.25
0.22, 0.28
0.19 ± 0.25
0.16, 0.22
0.24
0.06
2.98
0.003
Social satisfaction
0.29 ± 0.22
0.27, 0.32
0.23 ± 0.26
0.2, 0.26
0.25
0.06
3.29
0.001
Sexual pleasure
0.15 ± 0.3
0.12, 0.18
0.13 ± 0.28
0.1, 0.16
0.07
0.02
0.87
0.384
Approach towards food
0.25 ± 0.3
0.22, 0.28
0.19 ± 0.26
0.16, 0.22
0.21
0.06
2.32
0.021
@ at the two-tailed level, level of statistical significance between the groups was analysed using separate least squares regression. and at the two-tailed level, level of significance between the groups was analysed using separate least squares regression. #95% CI was Bonferroni adjusted for the six subdomains of quality of life scores (i.e., 99.2%); ##Bonferroni adjusted statistical significance level for the six subdomains of quality of life scores (α = 0.008). Values are group mean ± SD.
