Table 4. Outcomes of Respondents Who Completed the Profile of Moods Survey (POMS) Before and After Isha Kriya Meditation.
| Outcomes | Surgical Grand Rounds N = 28 | Anesthesia Conference N = 44 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before
Meditation |
After
Meditation |
P-value | Before
Meditation |
After
Meditation |
P-value | |
| Total Mood Disturbance | 99 (85, 112) | 87 (80, 93) | <0.0001 * | 92 (86, 106) | 87 (81, 92) | <0.0001 * |
| Individual Subscales | ||||||
| Negative Subscales | 19 (7, 32) | 7 (2, 13) | <0.0001 * | 14 (11, 23) | 4 (1, 9) | <0.0001 * |
| Tension | 5 (2, 8) | 1 (0, 3) | <0.0001 * | 4 (1, 6) | 0 (0, 3) | <0.0001 * |
| Anger | 1 (0, 5) | 0 (0, 1) | 0.003 * | 1.5 (0, 3) | 0 (0, 0) | <0.0001 * |
| Fatigue | 6 (2, 8) | 3 (1, 5) | 0.0001 * | 4 (3, 7) | 4 (1, 9) | <0.0001 * |
| Depression | 2 (0, 5) | 0 (0, 1) | 0.0003 * | 2 (0, 4) | 0 (0, 0) | <0.0001 * |
| Confusion | 4 (2, 6) | 1 (0, 3) | <0.0001 * | 4 (2, 6) | 1 (0, 2) | <0.0001 * |
| Positive Subscales | 22 (17, 26) | 22 (18, 27) | 0.94 | 22 (17, 28) | 20 (15, 24) | 0.15 |
| Esteem Related Affect | 15 (13, 18) | 16 (12, 17) | 0.99 | 15 (12, 17) | 15 (12, 17) | 0.69 |
| Vigor | 6.5 (6, 9) | 7 (5, 9) | 0.98 | 7 (4, 11) | 6 (2, 8) | 0.03 |
Values are presented as median (quartile 1, quartile 3). Note: In order to account for multiple testing of our primary outcome, total mood disturbance, p-values for the primary outcome are significant if the p-value is < 0.025 (= 0.05 / 2). All other secondary outcomes including individual subscales are considered exploratory, therefore p-values < 0.05 are considered statistically significant. Significant values are denoted as * in the table above.