Table 5.
Comparison of Practice Intensity Groups at Baseline.
| Optimum Intensity | Moderate Intensity | Low Intensity | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | n | Mean | SD | n | Mean | SD | n | Mean | SD | df | F | P |
| Age, years | 96 | 42.44 | 12.738 | 33 | 43.18 | 15.735 | 13 | 48.77 | 15.117 | 2,139 | 1.223 | .297 |
| PSS score | 96 | 26.73 | 7.462 | 33 | 26.88 | 9.226 | 13 | 25.77 | 5.862 | 2,139 | 0.102 | .903 |
| GWBS score | 96 | 26.41 | 5.812 | 33 | 25.39 | 5.825 | 13 | 27.62 | 3.477 | 2,139 | 0.792 | .455 |
| Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | df, n | χ2 | P | ||||
| Gender | 2, 141 | 8.128 | .017 | |||||||||
| Male | 51 | 53.7 | 9 | 27.3 | 4 | 30.8 | ||||||
| Female | 44 | 46.3 | 24 | 72.7 | 9 | 69.2 | ||||||
| Meditation duration, minutes per day | 4, 50 | 8.800 | .066 | |||||||||
| 1-20 | 19 | 47.5 | 2 | 28.6 | 3 | 100.0 | ||||||
| 21-40 | 17 | 42.5 | 2 | 28.6 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 40+ | 4 | 10.0 | 3 | 42.9 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Meditation frequency, times per week | 6, 49 | 10.829 | .094 | |||||||||
| 1-2 | 6 | 17.6 | 7 | 63.6 | 2 | 50.0 | ||||||
| 3-5 | 14 | 41.2 | 2 | 18.2 | 1 | 25.0 | ||||||
| 6-7 | 6 | 17.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | ||||||
| 7+ | 8 | 23.5 | 2 | 18.2 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||
| No meditation experience | 2, 142 | 7.222 | .027 | |||||||||
| Selected | 21 | 21.9 | 12 | 36.4 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Did not select | 75 | 78.1 | 21 | 63.6 | 13 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Meditated in past | 2, 142 | 8.533 | .014 | |||||||||
| Selected | 32 | 33.3 | 8 | 24.2 | 9 | 69.2 | ||||||
| Did not select | 64 | 66.7 | 25 | 75.8 | 4 | 30.8 | ||||||
| Practice Isha kriya | 2, 142 | 1.345 | .510 | |||||||||
| Selected | 25 | 26.0 | 6 | 18.2 | 2 | 15.4 | ||||||
| Did not select | 71 | 74.0 | 27 | 81.8 | 11 | 84.6 | ||||||
Abbreviations: PSS, Perceived Stress Scale; GWBS, General Well-Being Scale.