TABLE 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of participants at baseline.
| Variable | HYSCM (n = 35) | HY (n = 35) |
χ2/t | p values | ||
| Age, mean (SD) | 36.57 | (6.94) | 35.14 | (7.80) | 0.809 | 0.421 |
| Sex, n (%) | 0.065 | 0.799 | ||||
| Male | 24 | (69) | 23 | (66) | ||
| Female | 11 | (31) | 12 | (34) | ||
| BMI, mean (SD) | 24.94 | (3.19) | 25.49 | (3.11) | −0.727 | 0.470 |
| Occupation, n (%) | 6.246 | 0.1 | ||||
| Employed | 15 | (43) | 12 | (34) | ||
| Self-employed | 6 | (17) | 13 | (37) | ||
| Domestic work | 9 | (26) | 3 | (9) | ||
| Unemployed | 5 | (14) | 7 | (20) | ||
| Education, n (%) | 2.214 | 0.529 | ||||
| Elementary school | 1 | (3) | 2 | (6) | ||
| Middle school | 4 | (11) | 1 | (3) | ||
| High school | 22 | (63) | 23 | (66) | ||
| University diploma or higher | 8 | (23) | 9 | (25) | ||
| Marital status, n (%) | 0.654 | 0.721 | ||||
| Single | 8 | (23) | 6 | (17) | ||
| Engaged | 12 | (34) | 15 | (43) | ||
| Married | 15 | (43) | 14 | (40) | ||
| Pharmacological therapy, n (%) | 1.628 | 0.443 | ||||
| Analgesic | 14 | (40) | 12 | (34) | ||
| Muscle relaxant | 10 | (29) | 15 | (43) | ||
| Both | 11 | (31) | 8 | (23) | ||
| Previous yoga therapy, n (%) | 0.072 | 0.788 | ||||
| Yes | 9 | (26) | 10 | (29) | ||
| No | 26 | (74) | 25 | (71) | ||
| Previous mediation experience, n (%) | 0.094 | 0.759 | ||||
| Yes | 7 | (20) | 6 | (17) | ||
| No | 28 | (80) | 29 | (83) | ||
| Smoking, n (%) | 3.66 | 0.056 | ||||
| Yes | 22 | (63) | 14 | (40) | ||
| No | 13 | (37) | 21 | (60) | ||
Legend: Means with standard deviations (SD); number (n) of cases with percentages (%); χ2/t – chi square/t statistics value; BMI, body mass index.