Table 5.
Participants exceeding the clinical cut-off point for anxiety, depression or sleep quality
Measure | Groupa | Pre-test | Post-test | Follow-up | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | n | % | n | % | n | ||
DASS anxiety | PA | 73.91 | 17 | 27.27 | 6 | 28.57 | 6 |
MM | 59.26 | 16 | 44.00 | 11 | 40.00 | 10 | |
HRV-BF | 48.00 | 12 | 33.33 | 8 | 30.43 | 7 | |
Total | 60.00 | 45 | 35.21 | 25 | 33.33 | 23 | |
DASS depression | PA | 43.48 | 10 | 18.18 | 4 | 23.81 | 5 |
MM | 22.22 | 6 | 16.00 | 4 | 12.00 | 3 | |
HRV-BF | 20.00 | 5 | 25.00 | 6 | 17.39 | 4 | |
Total | 28.00 | 21 | 19.72 | 14 | 17.39 | 12 | |
PSQI | PA | 47.83 | 11 | 47.62 | 10 | 57.14 | 12 |
MM | 40.74 | 11 | 36.00 | 9 | 37.50 | 9 | |
HRV-BF | 40.00 | 10 | 41.67 | 10 | 39.13 | 9 | |
Total | 42.67 | 32 | 41.43 | 29 | 44.12 | 30 |
Missing values were excluded per time-point
PA physical activity, MM mindfulness meditation, HRV-BF heart rate variability biofeedback, DASS Depression Anxiety Stress Scale, PSQI Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index
a n = 21–23 PA, n = 24–27 MM, n = 23–25 HRV-BF, N = 68–75 Total