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. 2025 Mar 21;6:1449485. doi: 10.3389/fragi.2025.1449485

TABLE 4.

Effect of 12-week Yoga intervention on GDS and MoCA scores and their Impact on quality of life.

Yoga intervention (12 weeks) GDS
Score
Change in QOL (GDS
Score)
P value MoCA
Score
Change in QOL (MoCA
Score)
P value
Pre-yoga 8.36 ± 2.79 3.23 ± 1.59 P < 0.01 18.23 ± 4.90 2.86 ± 2.70 P < 0.01
Post-yoga 5.13 ± 3.07 21.1 ± 5.49

GDS, Score: Geriatric Depression Scale; MoCA, Score: Montreal Cognitive Assessment; QOL, Quality of Life. P-values are derived from paired t-tests comparing pre- and post-yoga intervention scores. Changes in GDS score represented as pre-yoga minus post yoga intervention and changes in MoCA score represented as post- yoga minus pre-yoga.