National survey of yoga practitioners: mental and physical health benefits.
Objectives: To describe yoga practice and health characteristics of individuals who practice yoga, and to explore their beliefs regarding the effects of their yoga practice on their health.Design: A cross-sectional design with anonymous online surveys.Setting: 4307 randomly selected individuals from...
| Publicado en: | Complementary Therapies in Medicine Vol. 21; no. 4; pp. 313 - 324 |
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Elsevier B.V.
2013
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=104083288&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 104083288 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 09652299 DO1 jtl: Complementary Therapies in Medicine issn: 09652299 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2013 vid: 21 iid: 4 pid: 82545 pub: Elsevier B.V. place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania artinfo: ui: 104083288 NLM23876562 2012194817 10.1016/j.ctim.2013.04.001 NLM23876562 PMC3721070 104083288 ppf: 313 ppct: 11 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: National survey of yoga practitioners: mental and physical health benefits. aug: au: Ross, Alyson Friedmann, Erika Bevans, Margaret Thomas, Sue affil: University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD, United States. Electronic address: Alyross1@verizon.net. sug: subj: Yoga Psychosocial Factors Adult Aged Aged, 80 and Over Clinical Assessment Tools Cross Sectional Studies Female Health Behavior Human Interpersonal Relations Male Middle Age Quality of Life Questionnaires Sleep Physiology Surveys United States Adult: 19-44 years Aged: 65+ years Aged, 80 & over Middle Aged: 45-64 years Female Male ab: Objectives: To describe yoga practice and health characteristics of individuals who practice yoga, and to explore their beliefs regarding the effects of their yoga practice on their health.Design: A cross-sectional design with anonymous online surveys.Setting: 4307 randomly selected individuals from 15 US Iyengar yoga studios (n=18,160), representing 41 states; 1087 individuals responded, with 1045 (24.3%) surveys completed.Outcome Measures: Freiberg Mindfulness Inventory, Mental Health Continuum (subjective well-being), Multi-factor Screener (diet), PROMIS sleep disturbance, fatigue, and social support, International Physical Activity Questionnaire.Results: Age: 19-87 years (M=51.7 ± 11.7), 84.2% female, 89.2% white, 87.4% well educated (≥ bachelor's degree). Mean years of yoga practice=11.4 (± 7.5). BMI=12.1-49.4 (M=23.1 ± 3.9). Levels of obesity (4.9%), smoking (2%), and fruit and vegetable consumption (M=6.1 ± 1.1) were favorable compared to national norms. 60% reported at least one chronic/serious health condition, yet most reported very good (46.3%) or excellent (38.8%) general health. Despite high levels of depression (24.8%), nearly all were moderately mentally healthy (55.2%) or flourishing (43.8%). Participants agreed yoga improved: energy (84.5%), happiness (86.5%), social relationships (67%), sleep (68.5%), and weight (57.3%), and beliefs did not differ substantially according to race or gender. The more they practiced yoga, whether in years or in amount of class or home practice, the higher their odds of believing yoga improved their health.Conclusions: Individuals who practice yoga are not free of health concerns, but most believe their health improved because of yoga. Yoga might be beneficial for a number of populations including elderly women and those with chronic health conditions. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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